419 scam: CONGRATULATION!!!

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: Mr Leryne West <donationtou@digdig.org>
Date:
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear,

Iâ€™m Lerynne West from Iowa, Winner of $350 Million from the POWERBALL LOTTERY years ago.

Which was a life-changing moment, I have spread most of my wealth over a number of charity organizations and Iâ€™m delighted

to inform you that I have decided to give back to individuals by donating the sum of

$700,000USD to the less privileged, the veterans, Retired, disabled, Widowed, or anyone whom this email gets to, to help

encourage them during this pandemic period (COVID-19), your email was randomly selected upon my request that you receive

my donation.

However, you can read the article below to see my post on CNN when I admitted to giving back donations to the society,

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/05/us/powerball-winner-iowa-trnd/index.html

Note!!! Please send your full details,

Names:

Address (city, state,and country)

Phone No.

Identity card.

Then my account officer will issue

Your payment from the $700,000USD,

Congratulations once again.

Kindly contact this email or our phone line (donationtou@digdig.org) MOBILE: (513) 548-8433

Regards,

Lerynne West.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam