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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Greg Williams <millipiyango70@eathendrives.com>
Reply-To: <revpaul_dennis@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:37:04 +0000
Subject: Congratulations

Dear Sir/Madam,


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Milli Piyango e-mail weekly sweepstakes lottery held on Saturday 23th January 2016 in Turkey.Your e-mail address with ticket number: 56188 with Serial number 02098 matched our lucky numbers: 06-13-18 -21-23-24.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total prize sum of 820,000 USD in cash credited to file NIG/9023118308/03. Coincidentally, this file falls within our African booklet, and to file for your claim please contact our African payment agent:

Contact person: Rev Paul Denis
Email: revpaul_dennis@outlook.com
Telephone: +234 8094624360

Your prize money would be processed and released to you as soon as you contact this payment office. Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Sincerely,
Greg Williams
+44 -744-070-3005
LONDON - UK OFFICE
http://mpi.gov.tr/index.html

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