419 scam: Rach janey <racheljaney088@gmail.com> Dear Lucky winner of $1,000,000.00, contact our Director of Finance immediately

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united state 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- evasgreen0@mail.com (Mail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Rach janey <racheljaney088@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 23:39:00 +0100
Subject: Dear Lucky winner of $1,000,000.00, contact our Director of Finance immediately

Dear Lucky winner of $1,000,000.00, contact our Director of Finance
immediately

Attn: Winner,

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer
balloting held on august 5th ,2017.This is a Millennium Scientific Computer
Game in which email addresses were used.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada , Australia ,

United States ,Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotion program which is conducted annually.

Your details e-mail address fall within our European representative office
in Amsterdam , Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your prize

will be released to you via our
Headquarters,Broken Hill Australia.

This is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users;therefore
you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.

You have been approved for the star prize of US$1,000.000.00 ( One Million
United State Dollars Only).

To file for your claim,please contact our Director of Finance

in below.

Name:Mr evas green

Email:evasgreen0@mail.com

Ref: 435062725

Batch:7050470902/189

Winning no:GB8101/LPRC

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found
above.

The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you are
expected to make your claims immediately; Once again
congratulations!!!

Best Regards,

Mrs.Rach janey

English.

Coordinator, Australian Lott

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