419 scam: "Ms Antoinette Clarke"<rohan@swiftng.com> Congratulation You Have Won

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
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.
- creditbondfinanceandsecurity@citromail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms Antoinette Clarke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <creditbondfinanceandsecurity@citromail.hu>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 13:34:57 -0700
Subject: Congratulation You Have Won

Attn: Beneficiary,

We are happy to announce the annual Email Award Promotion; your email address came out in the first category and entitles you to claim the sum of £1,850,000.00 {One

Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds Only, from the 2019 UK National Online Lottery Promotion.

It is a Promotional Program organized by the United Kingdom in conjunction with the United Nations and the World Bank for the reduction of global Poverty so that

through you, many people and charity Organization will be assisted. You are to contact Dr.Thompson Kofi on the below information to assist you with the claim so that

you will quickly receive your funds.

Dr. Thompson Kofi
Credit Bond Finance And Security Services
Certified Associate of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Address: Address: Zongo Junction, Hollywood,Redco-Madina, Accra 12345, Ghana.
Email: creditbondfinanceandsecurity@citromail.hu

You are required to forward the below written details to Dr. Thompson Kofi so as to enable him proceed with the claims of your winning prize as stated in this message.

1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age :
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:

Please NOTE: For Security Reasons you are advised to keep your winning information Confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in what

ever manner you Deem fit to receive your funds. This is Part of Our Precautionary Measure to avoid Double claim and unwanted abuse of this Program by some unscrupulous
elements please be warned.

Congratulations!!!

Ms Antoinette Clarke
Online Director
UK Lottery Online Email Winning
Notification Department

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