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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: "NATIONAL LOTTERY TEAM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mattpaul741@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 14:16:44 -0400
Subject: 2016 LOTTERY WINNER'S NOTIFICATION

ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR WINING PRIZE
 
 
          WORLD BANK  NATIONAL  LOTTERY  TEAM
 
 
 
2016 LOTTERY WINNER'S NOTIFICATION
 
 
Winning Ref No: WA/WB/T7692/2016
 
 
ATTENTION: WINNER,
 
 
THIS IS ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR WINING PRIZE; NOTE THAT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON THE SUM OF $ 2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY )WRITE AND CALL FOR CLAIM OF YOUR WINING PRIZE BY SENDING  THE FOLLOWING TO CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT mattpaul741@gmail.com
 
 
1. FULL NAME: ......................
 
  2. ADDRESS: ........................
 
  3. NATIONALITY: ....................
 
  4. AGE: ........................DATE OF BIRTH: ......
 
  5. OCCUPATION: ......................
 
  6. PHONE: ..........FAX: .....................
 
  7. STATE OF ORIGIN: .........    COUNTRY: ................
 
  8: GENDER: ......................................
 
MR. MATHEW PAUL
WEST AFRICA PAYMENT DIVISION
PHONE US AT: TEL: +234-701-284-7057
MAILTO: mattpaul741@gmail.com
WEST AFRICA -WORLD BANK  NATIONAL  LOTTERY  TEAM
 
 
 
 
 
PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY
WORLD BANK

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