419 scam: "Ms. Marylin Clinton" <"www."@abeam.ocn.ne.jp> Dear winner

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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:

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:
- ",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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Marylin Clinton" <"www."@abeam.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Ms. Marylin Clinton" <marylinclinton11@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:13:59 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear winner

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Dear winner

This is to notify you that we received your winning acknowledgement. On behalf of the entire Facebook Lottery Promo Board, we congratulate you for being a Winner in this annual Year Promotion FACEBOOK Lottery Program. As you rightly know, all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies' and 30,000,000 individuals' email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three years. Each email address was attached to a ticket number. Your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. We have received your e-mail with utmost delight in the FACEBOOK Lottery Program also the verification process has been completed.

In accordance, you are to know / comply with our procedure in other for you to receive your fund value Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars only ($800,000 .00) First, you are to know that this winning is 100% risk free and you are to know that we can only pay you via bank to bank wire transfer, Atm Card, Cashier Check or Bank Draft before that we will send a scan copy of your lottery winning certificate before the transfer can be made but the original document will be delivered to your door step as soon as the transfer or delivery is made.

You are to contact the banker in charge of your winning with this contact details below, he is in the position to direct you on how your fund will be sent to you as soon as possible.

Contact person: Mr. J. Tyler Haahr
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of Meta Financial Group Inc and
Chief Executive Officer of Meta Financial Group, Inc.
Meta Bank.
Private Email: ebankdirectplc11@yahoo. com
Tel: 1 (605) 269-4454

You are to contact the banker as soon as you can to enable him let you know the next step on how you can have access to your fund. Moreover, you are to view the attached file, below is a scanned copy of your winning certificate.

I await for your urgent response.
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN AND THANKS FOR USING FACEBOOK!

Regards,
Ms. Marylin Clinton
Promo Coordinator.

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