419 scam: Stella Phillips <pamsectminifinance@gmail.com> YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ONLINE LOTTERY!!

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- douglasdennis580@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Stella Phillips <pamsectminifinance@gmail.com>
Reply-To: douglasdennis580@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 00:21:54 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ONLINE LOTTERY!!

*ALL NATION ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION RESULTS UPDATE!(2021 MEGA-DRAW
WINNER)7 14 18 28 45Attn: Email Account Holder,We are pleased to inform
you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the
29th of May 2021. Your e-mail id attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453
with serial number 3772-554 drew lucky numbers 7-18-28-31-45 which
consequently won in the second category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of $1,500,000usd (One Million Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars Only).CONGRATULATIONS! Due to a mix up of some numbers
and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until
your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some participants.All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 90,500,000 individual
email addresses from all over the world. This promotional program takes
place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities.To file your claim, please contact our fiduciary agents:
Dennis Douglas of ALL CONTINENT ONLINE LOTTERY, African Continent.
Telephone number: +234 7921452, Email: douglasdennis580@gmail.com
<douglasdennis580@gmail.com>Remember, all winnings must be claimed not
later than 31st of June 2021. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to quote your reference numbers and batch numbers in all
correspondence to our fiduciary agents. Furthermore, should there be any
changes of your address, please do inform our agents as soon as
possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you
for being part of our promotional program.Note: Anybody under the age of 18
is automatically disqualified.Sincerely yours,Stella Phillips(Program
Co-coordinator)ALL CONTINENT ONLINE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS*

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