419 scam: Dominique Agouzou <dominiqueagouzou@gmail.com> HELLO

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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)
- "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.
- orabankoffice82@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dominique Agouzou <dominiqueagouzou@gmail.com>
Reply-To: orabankoffice82@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 16:10:42 +0000
Subject: HELLO

INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF MOLOTERY.
SUBJECT: RE AWARDS NOTIFICATIONS, INTERNATIONAL SECTION OF MOLOTERY ONLINE.

ATTENTION,
As part of the promotional giveaways, participants were
selected using a computerized voting system consisting of 100,000,000
email addresses of individuals and businesses around the world as part
of an electronic promotion program designed to encourage Internet
users around the world. Please note that you or your email address
qualified for a sweepstakes as a result of your various visits to
various websites on the Internet. His / her business address, attached
to the number 230-365-3071, with the serial number 710-43, attracted
the lucky numbers 8, 5, 6, 24, 19, 34 and Bonus No. 51, and therefore
won in the second category ONLINE LOTS DRAW.

Therefore, it has been approved to pay the amount of $ 5,800,000,000,
state dollars, which is the winning amount for the winners of the
second category. This is from the total prize pool of $ 38,450,000.00,
which is shared among the international winners in the second
category.

And today we notify you that your funds will be credited to a Visa ATM
card by Ora Bank, Republic of Togo. Send the following information for
the delivery of your $ 5,800,000.00 USD, which is the total amount
that your ATM card contains. Make sure you enter the correct details.
Your full name ========
Your country ========
Your city ========
Your phone number ======
Your home address =======

CONGRATULATIONS!
With respect,
Dr. Coovl Celestine
Contact email =orabankoffice82@gmail.com

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