419 scam: "Mrs. Mavis L. Wanczyk" <dilara.fidan@ege.edu.tr> Hello

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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.
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.
- mrsmaviswac101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mrsmaviswac101@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:53:30 +0300 (EET)
Subject: Hello

Hello,

I'm Mrs. Mavis Wanczyk, the mega winner of $758 Million in Mega Millions
Jackpot, I'm donating to 5 random individuals if you get this email then
your email was selected after a spin ball. I have spread most of my wealth
over a number of charities and organizations. I have voluntarily decided to
donate the sum of $2 Million USD to you as one of the selected 5, to verify my
winnings please see my you tube page below.

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

THIS IS YOUR DONATION CODE: [AUG2317]

Reply with the DONATION CODE to this email: mrsmaviswac101@gmail.com

Hope to make you and your family happy.

Regards,
Mrs. Mavis L. Wanczyk.

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