419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (YYYY-MM)

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- rebeccahargrove1980@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rebecca Hargrove<rebeccahargrove198@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rebeccahargrove1980@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:09:54 -0800
Subject: YOU HAVE A DONATION FROM "THE TENNESSEE 20" ,
THE $420.9 MILLION POWER-BALL JACKPOT WINNER

Greetings,

The recent winner of Powerball Jackpot "Tennessee 20" has deem it necessary to donate the sum of $4,209,000 USD each to you and Nine other lucky beneficiaries, in fulfilment of giving out 10% of their winnings as donation grant. Mind you, this is not a regular circulation, contact Rebecca Hargrove, the group's President and CEO via: rebeccahargrove1980@gmail.com for more information about this donation and for confirmation of this great news, click the link below; http://www.powerball.com/powerball/winners/2016/TN_Group1126.shtml

Regards,
Rebecca Hargrove, President and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery.
For Power-Ball and the "Tennessee 20"

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Thank you,
Rebecca Hargrove, President and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery.
For "Tennessee 20"

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