419 scam: "Powerball HeadQuarters"<powerballlo2020@gmail.com> WORLD-LOCK-DOWN COMPENSATION AWARD!!

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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 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)
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.
- powerballl2020@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Powerball HeadQuarters"<powerballlo2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: powerballl2020@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:10:00 -0700
Subject: WORLD-LOCK-DOWN COMPENSATION AWARD!!

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POWER BALL-LOCK-DOWN COMPENSATION AWARD PROMO 2020
Marriott main street
Tallahassee 32301
FILE REF:17LL12-2020/MICS
BATCH:MC11/834/5PDH /EU2020 =

Powerball Winning Numbers History-Video Results CONGRATULATIONS; YOU HA=
VE WON POWER BALL LOTTERY/ WORLD-LOCK-DOWN COMPENSATION AWARD Announced you=
as one of the 10 lucky winners of the Ongoing Microsoft Corporations lotte=
ry Award of the Year Held this month. All 10 winning email addresses were R=
andomly selected from a batch of 800,000,000 International emails each from=
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oc=
eania as Part of our international promotions program which is Conducted an=
nually, consequently, you have Been Approved for a total pay out of EIGHT M=
illion TWO HUNDRED United States Dollars ($8.2 MILLION USD). The draft was =
deposited to the bank waiting when you will Come for it so the money can be=
transfer, you are to fill this gap And send it To me so I will submit it t=
o the bank for transfer. WINNER BANK ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME: WINNER BAN=
K NAME: WINNER BANK BRANCH: WINNER BANK ADDRESS: WINNER CITY: WINNER =
STATE: WINNER NATIONALITY: WINNER DATE OF BIRTH: WINNER: AGE: WINNE=
R SEX WINNER OCCUPATION: WINNER PERSONAL MOBILE NO: WINNER ANNUAL I=
NCOME: WINNER MARITAL STATUS: WINNER YOUR PHOTO SIZE SCAN COPY FOR PROOF=
S. WINNER I.D CARD SCAN COPY FOR FINAL PAYMENT PROOFS: You are advise=
to send the above information today to enable me submit them To the bank T=
his Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a Conglomerate of some multinatio=
nal companies as part of Their social responsibility to the citizens in the=
Communities where they have Operational base.Further More your details (e-=
mail address) falls within our Branch Office here in USA, as indicated in y=
our play Coupon and Your prize of (USD$8.2M). will be released to You from =
This main branch office of Microsoft Corporations USA.We wish to informed y=
ou that your Fund has been Approved and insured in your name as well as rea=
dy for Delivery. These are your winning identification numbers. ( BELOW=
ARE YOUR WINNING INFORMATION'S ) Payment Number: WDNK249NAA Verific=
ation Number: CC-NM-00222-674PF With Ref.Number: GP14-M-246-04, Batch Nu=
mber: 573881545 USA-/2020 To begin your lottery claims, Please c=
ontact our P.B.L Microsoft Corporations Lottery Co-ordinator as follows, N=
ame:John Griffn E-mail powerballl2020@gmail.com You are to send the comple=
ted verification form below to The co-ordinator whose email address is give=
n above So that you will be advised on what to do To get your prize money. =
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please re=
member to quote your reference And batch numbers in all correspondences Wit=
h us, Furthermore, should there be any change of Address, please do inform =
our Co-ordinator as soon As possible. An original copy of your lucky winnin=
g ticket and your Deposit certificate will be sent to you by Lottery Admin=
istrative Remittance Operation. Congratulations once more!!

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