419 scam: Michael Bowen <paulafia09@gmail.com> Dear Sir/Madam,

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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: Michael Bowen <paulafia09@gmail.com>
Reply-To: michaelbowen733@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:33:24 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Sir/Madam,

The management of Lloyds Bank New York wishes to congratulate and
inform you that your email address has won $13.5M USD. Your email
address was among the winning email in the just concluded Microsoft
email ballot lottery in United States. The selection process was done
through a Computerized selection system from a database of over
2,750,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the

Globe. No ticket was sold or bought, but each individual play coupon
representing an email ID was

Used. This promo is basically aimed at encouraging/promoting the use
of internet for education, health, medical and scientific research
within your community and across the globe. Hence, you are to
contribute a reasonable part of your cash award/Donation to the
betterment of humanity.

However, after review and certification of your payment file by the
IMF and the Lloyds Bank New York. Has been assigned to make payment to
you, furthermore after a meeting with your government official, we
came to a conclusion that we have to immediately pay the sum of $13.5M
USD to you as your winning via ATM Visa Card. Should you adhere to our
directives, your payment will be made within 24 hours.

You are required to reconfirm your information for verification and
immediate payment.

1. Full names
2 Addresses
3 Direct telephone numbers

We shall proceed with your payment as soon as the above information
are received. Please note, immediately you provide us the required
information we shall immediate forward your FedEx tracking number so
that it will enable you monitor ATM VISA CARD until it get your home
address given earlier.

Yours faithfully,
Michael Bowen
Director ATM Swift
Card/Foreign
Operation Dept
Lloyds Bank
New York.

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