419 scam: "Carlos Slim Helu"<mamg7610885@angel.ocn.ne.jp> Your email address has won you $1.5 million usd

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- cfoundation@email.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Carlos Slim Helu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cfoundation@email.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 02:42:09 -0700
Subject: Your email address has won you $1.5 million usd

GREETINGS,

My name is Carlos Slim Helu, A philanthropist the CEO and Chairman of the Carlos Slim Helu Foundation Charitable Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in

the world. I believe strongly in‘giving while living’ I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people and i have decided

to secretly give {$1.500,000 usd} One Million Five Hundred Thousand United states Dollars, to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you

should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me with your full address at your

earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid.

http://www.carlosslim.com/biografia_ing.html open my web page and read more about me or you can google my name ( Carlos Slim Helu ) contact my charity organisation

committe chairman in Kenya which is the only Organisation i have in Africa.

Name... Mr.Henrique Marquez
Citizen ....Mexico
Email( cfoundation@email.com
Call.. +254720653538

Forward him this following details.

FULL NAME.........
ADDRESS..............
COUNTRY.............
PHONE............
NUMBER..........

Please make sure you contact him for further instruction about your winning of $1.5million usd because am traveling to Japan for investment project and i willl not

return back to Usa or Mexico until september.

Regards,

Carlos Slim Helu

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