Scam Letter

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Summarise who this letter is from, who it is to, and what it is about.

This letter is from Emily Park
The letter does not state any names about who it is too but Miss C received this email in her inbox.
The letter is about a lady called Maria Fernandez who is from the FBI and is going to help you get your compensation back. The lady, Emily Park that wrote the letter says she lost heaps of money and then emailed Maria and got over a million dollars. She then strongly advised Miss C to do the same and to email Maria.

What are 2 reasons you know that this letter is a scam.

1. They say that you have to pay $250 for the ownership paperwork. Scams usually ask for a small amount of money and then they get it from many different people and it all adds up.
2. The lady, Emily states her email which is different from the senders email, but Emily says the letter is from her.

Give 3 pieces of evidence (excerpts of sentences) that prove that this letter is a scam.
The letter says, From: Emily Park <annie@luckyconcord.com> but then says, and my email address is (emilypark381@yahoo.com). It says Emily is the sender so unless she has two email addresses, there are two different email addresses?

2. 

The only Money I paid after I meet with Mrs. Maria Fernandez was just $250.00 for the ownership paper works. At the end of the letter there is this short sentence which also shows that this is a scam. Scammers usually ask for small amounts of money from a large amount of people.

3.

Mrs. Maria Fernandez showed me the full Information of those that are yet to receive their compensation funds and this was how I came across only your email address and your full name. Miss C isn't owed any compensation funds so how would her name be on the list?

Describe a scam or prank you have heard about or been subject to.

I've been on websites which say, "CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE OUR 100TH VISITOR, YOU'VE WON 1,000,000! I never click on them but some people do. If you were to click you would be taken to a website where you enter your email address. The scammers will then get your email and sell it to someone else.

Give 5 pieces of advice for people to avoid internet or email based scams.

1. Don't reply to emails if you don't know who the sender is. 

2. If you see a pop up ad saying you've won something, don't click, this is one of the most popular ways people get scammed.

3. Never give anyone you don't know your email address. 

4. Change your passwords from time to time.

5. Don't send money to people you don't know.