419 scam: "Lara Croft"<Lonedragon288@mail.com> Alert! Final Notice

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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 pounds" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Lara Croft" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Laracroft251@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:13:50 -0700
Subject: Alert! Final Notice

My name is Logan Moore, I am a claims process agent with the World Bank Group. World Bank Group is an international financial institution that provides loans, funding and grants to governments agencies in different countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. We have been assigned to work on several unclaimed "Sweepstakes, Lotto and Lottery" files, most of these files have little to no information about its funds owners...

All efforts to trace owners of these prizes have yielded no results. Unfortunately, these funds are about to be confiscated by the World Bank Group and funds will be distributed among different African goverment agencies, and funds will end-up in corruptible hands.

I am sending this communication to the winning electronic address found on the "Sweepstakes, Lotto and Lottery" files that I have in my custody, the winning file number is WB-448100182 and the winning value of this prize is about £3 Million Pounds.

If you are the owner of this email address, this is the time you can lay claims to your funds. This is going to be the last notification to help you secure your funds. When you respond to this message and looking forward to hear back from me, endeavor to check your junk/spam mailbox for my response.

Regards,
Logan Moore

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