419 scam: "John Dillon"<Desfsjius94534@agtel.net> Greeting Please Get Back To Us

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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:
- "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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- thomasgorman@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Dillon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomasgorman@consultant.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:29:17 +0100
Subject: Greeting Please Get Back To Us

** Congratulations**

This is to inform you that your email address has won you a prize money of One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (1,200,000.00 USD) in Online Premier Lotteries UK Limited

The results of our computer draws randomly selected your name and winning email address attached to Batch Reference Number: PLI/8042/017UK, with Serial Number 995 and drawing the lucky Winning Number 74-69-37-05-74-91-17, which consequently won the lottery grand prize award in the 2nd category draw. You have been approved to claim a lottery jackpot lump sum award prize winning of One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (1,200,000.00 USD)

Your prize is fully insured and now ready for your claim with our authorized finance management firm-Capital Insurance Ltd,

Your prize payment, when processed under the JWZA1 geographic zoning, will be executed by treasury allocation of funds to any of the JWZA1 appointed paying banks either in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Netherlands or Hong Kong. Your prize money will be loaded and paid out to you in a Bank VISA or MASTERCARD Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Card OR SWIFT TRANSFER by any of the JWZA1 appointed paying banks located in the above named countries mandated for your prize payment. Prize payment by Bank ATM VISA OR MASTER CARD will enable you to withdraw your prize money from any bank ATM machine in your country or any other part of the world.

You are advised, to contact your appointed Capital Insurance claims manager, quoting your winning reference details to process and receive payment of your prize

Capital Insurance Ltd

Claims Manager: Thomas Gorman

E-mail: thomasgorman@consultant.com

Note: Your Claims Application constitutes the under listed winning references and copy of your identification (ID) document. Your claims application particulars must be stated correctly in their exact details and submitted in your response to the Capital Insurance claims manager. Further claim instructions, procedures, disbursement information and payment methods will then be advised by Capital Insurance Ltd claims manager. Prize claim applications submitted to Capital Insurance with incomplete or incorrect winning references and without a copy of your ID will not be processed.

1) Prize Beneficiary's Full Names (First Name, Middle Name, Surname)
2) Batch Reference Numbers:
3) Serial Numbers:
4) Winning Numbers.
5) Alternative Email Address
6) Nationality:
7) Country of Residence, Contact Mobile Telephone:

8) Courier Delivery Address (Physical Address for Bank ATM Card Delivery. Not Postal Address)

9) Copy of ID document, Passport ID document or Drivers’ license:

Be informed that your award prize is designated only to the Reference Batch Number- PLI/8042/017UK and must be claimed only by the beneficiary or registered owner of the winning email address to which this letter is sent to. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winner will result in disqualification or cancellation of your claim.

Yours truly,

John Dillon

Online Programme Coordinator

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