419 scam: "REV. HARRY BIGLOW" <logisticc9@gmail.com> CONGRATULATION!!

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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.
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: "REV. HARRY BIGLOW" <logisticc9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <r.biglow@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:37:10 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!

REF NUMBER: 575061725

BATCH NUMBER: 8056490902/188

WINNING NUMBER: KB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear ,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 16TH of JULY 2022 from the AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM, Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses, Your email( ) was attached to ticket number;

575061725-8056490902 serial number 6741137002.consequently, your given numbers won the lottery in the second category.

You have been approved a lump sum pay of US$75,000.00 (SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in 2nd category.

NOTE, all winnings must be claimed on or before 31ST of December 2022 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organization.

NOTE: COST OF DELIVERY is $100 PAYABLE VIA APPLE GIFT CARD OR MACY'S GIFT CARD OR AMAZON OR STREAM GIFT CARD

Note also that you will forward the following details to receive your cashier checks of $75,000 only within 24hrs.

(a) Name:

(b) Home address:

(c) Telephone numbers:

(d) Any identification preferably, your national identity card or drivers license.

Congratulations once again on your winning

Best Regards

REV. HARRY BIGLOW

THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT

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