419 scam: Mr David Wilson <smithdavid58000@gmail.com> Dear winner,

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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:
- ",000,000" (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.
- dw5948243@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr David Wilson <smithdavid58000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dw5948243@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:41:36 +0100
Subject: Dear winner,

Dear winner,

I want to congratulate you on this great victory, in which your EMAIL
address won. I want you to understand that the lottery takes place
every year (Missouri-lotto 2022).

This is a website where you can check it out yourself though we have

technical problems: https://www.lotteryusa.com/missouri/lotto/year

(Winning number: ( 21-23-31-32-37-42 ) Lotto: $1.5 Million

All participants were selected using a computer voting system made up
of Microsoft / YAHOO / GMAIL / MAIL.RU/INBOX.LV FACEBOOK and EMAIL
users with more than 20,000 companies and 3,000,000 email addresses
unique names from around the world.

In fact, your email address was one of the selected addresses that won
the national sponsored lottery game (Missouri-lottery 2022) this year.

All you need to do is select one of the following options to receive
your fund and contact Mr James Collins on this email:

Contact Person
Mr David Wilson
Email: dw5948243@gmail.com
Method Of Payment Are Stated Below:

1] Bank Transfer

2] Express Delivery

Select one of these two options and get back to us With Your Full
Information to allow us to proceed on your winning fund Immediately.

Your Full name::
Your Country::
Your Correct Home Address::
Mobile / Cell phone number::
Your what Apps Number::
Your Copy Of ID Card Or Any Picture

Thanks, And Best Regards
>From Mr David Wilson
Missouri-lotto Official 2022

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