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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: "Bigbiglotto.com" <mike_yochim@nps.gov>
Reply-To: bigbiglotto@englandmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 03:13:46 +0400
Subject: May 2016 Notification

UNIVERSAL LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

You are the winner of the computer promotional draw. This message is from the promotion manager, international promotions/prize award department. You have won on the computer ballot, the sum of $2,100,000.00 in cash. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

Note that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 7017-4162-1018, with serial number MH4710019 drew the lucky numbers 80, 35, 11, 72, 41 and Bonus number 1.

REFERENCE NUMBER: LLI/240142/011
BATCH NUMBER: 18/006/1094/LIPDA/SL.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,100,000.00 in cash, which is the winning pay-out for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$26,650,000.00 shared among the seven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Please contact your claim agent for your immediate payment
Mr. Michael de wet
Telephone: + 27 794 026 028
Email: bigbiglotto@englandmail.com

Also fill up the below form:
(1) Full name: ………………………….
(2) Country of origin…………………..
(3) Date of birth ……………………………..
(4) Contact telephone and fax number …………………
(5) Residential address ……………………
(6) Gender …………………….

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