419 scam: "FROM CONNOLLY'S" <chukwuditochukwu7@gmail.com> Greetings, Your 3 Million Pounds is Ready.

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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 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: "FROM CONNOLLY'S" <chukwuditochukwu7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cconnolly659@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:05:37 +0100
Subject: Greetings, Your 3 Million Pounds is Ready.

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We are pleased to announce to you the result of the Mr. & Mrs.
Connolly. international live email address selected as a benefactor
grant held this July 2021. Your email address was selected attached to
ticket number: On behalf of the entire COVID-19 relief palliative
team, for the Relief Programme. Every participant was selected
randomly from the computer ballot system conducted by Connolly's
Family.

Connolly's Family. would like to offer you this donation as part of
our small contribution to support the victims of the COVID-19
pandemic. We are the proud winner of the British Jack Port lottery in
January of Â£ 114,969,775. From the amount we won, we founded a
foundation to help people at work.

Below you will find a link to our press review of our winning videos
and the winning presentation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46756469

Please, kindly provide us with the following information for
verification of your prize and production of your prize certificate;

Full name..................
Full address...............
Age........................
Sex.......................
Nationality..............
Home Telephone #...........
Mobile Telephone #.........
Occupation.................

We will immediately start the process to facilitate your funds release
as soon as you send the required details. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your Winning information confidential until your
grant is processed and remitted to you. Any form of double claim Will
lead to disqualification.
Once again congratulations from Connolly's organization

REGARD'S
FROM CONNOLLY'S

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