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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: Agent Waren Duke <support@3uwby.x.incapdns.net>
Reply-To: agentwarrenduke@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:09:38 +0000
Subject: USA FREE LOTTERY EMAIL:

15 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Attention: Email Account Holder

Congratulations!! Congratulations!!
Are you the correct owner of this email? If yes, then, be glad this day as the result of the LUCKY USA LOTTERY free Lottery and email address free-ticket draws of the 1st of November 2016 Promotion Award has been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address came out in the first category and entitles you to claim the sum of USD$500,000.00.
It is a promotional Program to encourage the use of Microsoft and Internet Programs. Your email address was entered for the online draw on this free ticket number:B55607545 6152 with reference number USA/JA2C110P5 and Serial number USA5365/3 ,Batch number XA87-2PY,drew the lucky numbers: 04-09-20-22-29-38 - Bonus 06
This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. matches 60 lucky numbers Plus Bonus number.

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of USD$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in cash is credited to file UKPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize ofUSD$10,000,000.00 Shared among the lucky winners in "1st" category.
This promotion was drawn based on email address from a global website collaboration with internet companies like craigslist.com eBay, pay pal, liberty reserve, and Google whom also built their systems and based their membership registration identity on email addresses supporting this computer draw system done by extracted email addresses from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies and affiliated members to the LUCKY USA LOTTERY. This Online promotion takes place via virtual ticket balloting and it is done Bi-annually.
Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our American booklet representative office in New York USA as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, yourUSD$500,000.00 would be released to you by our payment department.
Kindly provide following information urgently:

1. Full Name: 2. Email Address: 3. Age/Occupation: 4. Reference Number/Ticket Number: 5. Phone Number: 6. Country: 7. Date of draw

Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lottery prize by providing details below.
Contact Person: Agent Waren Duke
E-mail: agentwarrenduke@gmail.com


Sincerely,
Teresa Marie
Controller General Copyright (c) 1994-2012 The US Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline 77635 476378 255667460.

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