419 scam: "Mavis Wanczyk" <ctamayo@fcme.com.ec> CHARITABLE TRUST FUND

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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:
- "million 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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mavis Wanczyk" <ctamayo@fcme.com.ec>
Reply-To: wanczykmavis1121@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:22:25 +0530
Subject: CHARITABLE TRUST FUND

Dear Beneficiary,

Greetings to you. This is a kind notification that you have been chosen to benefit from my charity project aimed at touching lives and helping those that i can across the world as God has blessed me. My name is Mavis Wanczyk of Chicopee I won the Power-ball Jackpot of $758 Million the largest single ticket jackpot in American lottery history on August 23, 2017 and i have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $200 Million Dollars to charity, less fortunate, orphans, motherless and the homeless

This donation of $2.6 Million is made out to you as one of the selected 5 beneficiaries as part of my charity project, so to enable you strengthen your personal issues and mostly to generously help us extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations less fortunate, orphans, motherless and the homeless within your locality. Fortunately, if you receive this automated email transmission which was electronically selected as beneficiary of this giveaway then you are one of the 5 lucky beneficiaries should you wish to verify, below are links to that effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kWnqvJM1mM

heavy.com/news/2017/08/mavis-wanczyk-powerball-winner-massachusetts-chicopee-name-lottery/

Kindly forward your Message of Acceptance and also provide your Full Name, Age and Location for further directives on how your donation grant can be be remitted to you.

Remain Blessed.
Mrs Mavis Wanczyk

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