419 scam: "MR.MARK WILSTON"<admin@mail.mugui.net> YOU HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED WITH $2.8M CALL +1 612 633 4915

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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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- sarahwilson01@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.MARK WILSTON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sarahwilson01@mail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 17:25:20 -0700
Subject: YOU HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED WITH $2.8M CALL +1 612 633 4915

Dear Good Friend,

Good day to you and your family, I am Mr. MARK WILSTON. who
contacted you before about transferring those fund, Now I am very
happy to inform you about my success in getting those fund, which you
try a lot but later you started having biased mind, I want to let you
know that its good to do good, I'm in China now with my own share of
the total
fund, Now I want you to contact My secretary on the information below.

HER Name; Mrs. SARAH WILSON. EMAIL: (sarahwilson01@mail.com ) , ALSO CALL HER ON +1 612 633 4915 Ask her to
send you the total sum of ($2.8m,) two million Eight hundred thousand
dollars in ATM CARD OR VIA YOUR PREFERRED MEANS, which I Kept for your compensation for all the
past effort.

Reconfirm your Information to him as below.

FULL NAME
PHONE NUMBER
ADDRESS
CURRENT OCCUPATION

Best Regards,
Mr. MARK WILSTON.

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