419 scam: "Mr. Josh Adams" <mrbimalp1@gmail.com> Re: YOUR 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:

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:
- "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 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.
- claim.dclotto@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Josh Adams" <mrbimalp1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mg355442@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:52:02 -0700
Subject: Re: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION

WASHINGTON DC LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET FREE,
ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.
2235 Shannon Place, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20020-5731
United States.

Attention Lucky Winner
RE:
WINNING NOTIFICATION

Are you the correct owner of this email address? If yes then be glad
this day as the result of the Washington DC Lottery online e-mail
address free-ticket winning draws of Friday the 12th of April, 2023
held in Washington Dc, United States of America has just been released
and we are glad to announce to you that your email address won you the
sweepstakes in the first category and you are entitled to claim the
sum of Five Million Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars(US$5,600,000.00). Your email address was entered for the
online draw on this ticket No: 546-373-66773 and won on this Lucky No:
(26)-(27)-(43)-(61)-(69)-(4).

For claims, contact
Name: Mr. Andy Davis
Email address: claim.dclotto@usa.com
Tel: +1 (202) 660-9483

On how to receive your won prize of US$5,600,000.00. (Five Million Six
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) to enable Mr. Andy Davis
ascertain you as the rightful winner and receiver of the winning
prize. MAKE SURE you include the below listed information in your
contact email to him.

Your complete official names, country of origin and country of
residence/work, contact telephone and mobile numbers, address, amount
won, free ticket and lucky numbers, date of draw. OPTIONAL: - [Sex,
age, occupation and job title].

Just in case you are thinking of how you won without entering then
know again that this very draw of the Washington DC Lottery in which
you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket online email address
draws were thousands of email addresses was collected from almost all
world wide websites and used for the online draws/sweepstakes and
during winners selection your email address came out among the first
ten which won you the lottery in the first winnings category and
entitles you to claim the $5,600,000.00 US dollars.

Your urgent response is highly anticipated to enable you to claim your win.

Congratulations.

Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Josh Adams
WASHINGTON DC LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
Online Winning Notification Department.

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