419 scam: "Ms.Clara Atkins" <mercyjohnsonfamily@gmail.com> WINNING NOTIFICATION

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "euro-afro-american lottery" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27784237392 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.Clara Atkins" <mercyjohnsonfamily@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesmorgan2022@indamail.hu
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 14:55:37 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

*From: Ms. Clara Atkins*

*Canada - Powerball Lottery Annual Promotional Draw*

*1550 Princess Street*

*Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3*

*Attention: Customer AFRSA680 *

*Ticket Number: A956475604545100*

*Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05*

*Batch No. Lotto HLS6/49*

*Congratulations, you have won prize money!*

*WINNING NOTIFICATION*

*Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
First Category draws of E-MAIL LOTTERY organized **sponsor **by the
Canadian and South Africa Governments, **to promote the 2022 Soccer World
cup to be hosted in Qatar, **in conjunction with **American Lottery
International **Programs. **We happily announce to you the draw of the
Euro-Afro-American Lottery International Programs held on **Friday August
6th, 2022. **Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: **Ticket
Number: A9564 75604545 100**, with Serial Number 46563760, drew the winning
Numbers: 04- 09- 17- 27- 38, with bonus hot ball no: 18, **under the choice
of the lottery in the 2nd category of bi-weekly six. You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of* *US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars)** in cash credited to file
EAAL/9080118308/05, this is from a total cash prize of US$11,100,000.00
Million Dollars, shared amongst the 2nd category of bi-weekly six lucky
winners in this category Worldwide*

*Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because
this particular draw was selected to promote the 2022 World Cup to be
hosted in Qatar hence your winning information must be kept to enable you
participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500 participants
travelling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer World
Cup 2022. In view of this, your **$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)*

* would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in South
Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our African
Agent's office. All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide
Web site through a computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00
companies and personal emails. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed
and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim
your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned!*

*To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding Agent in South
Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of
your fund, contact information as follows:*

*Representative Head office in South Africa*

*MANAGER: GRAPHIC TRUST AGENCY*

*Regional office No. 11,Bedford Centre, Bedfordview, Johannesburg, 2007*

*Contact Person: Dr. James Morgan*

*Contact Tele:+27784237392*

*Contact e-mail:* *jamesmorgan2022@indamail.hu
<jamesmorgan2022@indamail.hu>*

*1. Your Full Name...............................................*

*2. Email
Address...........................................................*

*3. Nation.......................................................*

*4. Sex...................................................................*

*5. Age...................................................................*

*6. Phone.......................................................*

*7. Occupation......................................................*

*8. Ticket Number.................................................*

*9. Reference No..................................................*

*10. Winning Number............................................*

*Yours Sincerely, *

*Ms. Clara Atkins (Sec. Zonal Co-coordinator.)*

*NOTE to confirm that you have the winning number for the draw date, Wed
Mar 24, 2021, do confirm under,
https://www.powerball.com/hotlotto/hl_numbers
<https://www.powerball.com/hotlotto/hl_numbers>*

*CopyrightÂ© Multi-State Lottery Association. All Rights Reserved*

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