419 scam: LINKEDIN POST COVID 19 LOTTO FOUNDATION<letter@email.org> READ MESSAGE FROM LINKEDIN POST COVID19 FOUNDATION

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "tmblinkedin1@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: LINKEDIN POST COVID 19 LOTTO FOUNDATION<letter@email.org>
Reply-To: tmblinkedin@email.com
Date: 26 Sep 2021 15:56:25 -0700
Subject: READ MESSAGE FROM LINKEDIN POST COVID19 FOUNDATION

LINKEDIN POST COVID 19 LOTTO FOUNDATION!!!
(Founder Reid Hoffman)
www.linkedin.com
LinkedIn Corporate Office | Headquarters Contact
LinkedIn Headquarters Address:
605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA ·.
We happily announce to you that upon conclusion of the 2021 LinkedIn Post Covid 19 bail out Lotto Program, your E-mail address has emerged as one of the newly introduced Digital Lottery Program winner which was conducted via your registered email at our Lotto Draw Headquarters in US. LinkedIn Lottery offer this winning every year to promote the use of Internet. Your e-mail addresses have won Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($500,000 USD) in the 2nd category and in this category (50) E-mail address came out as winners and your E-mail is one of them.
Congratulation,
LINKEDIN POST COVID 19 LOTTO FOUNDATION, have WARNED all winner to keep this notification secret to avoid cancellation because your Country Government prefer to get the donation than individual, so do not expose your winning till you get your won amount in you account.
YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION: 1313
Ticket number: 00545 188 564756,
Prize #77801209/N
WINNING NUMBER: FB/575061725.
Serial number 5368/02
Lucky numbers: 17 98 09 67 46
Kindly forward below details for your won amount payment Processing:
==================== Chief Financial Officer =============
Contact Person: Prof. Jerry Hoffman
Contact E-mail: tmblinkedin1@outlook.com
Phone Number: +17205387418
=========================================================
(**) Your Full names:
(**) Your Mobile Number:
(**) Your Contact address:
(**) Your Occupation:
(**) Your Country:
(**) Your Age & Sex:
(**) Marital Status:
(**) And your lucky number above:
(**) Won email address:
(**) Have you won online Before: =
Yours in service,
Ryan Roslansky
LinkedIn Lottery Facilitator.

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