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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: "FREELOTTO ONLINE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zhejianghuayanelectric@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:05:59 +0100
Subject: Claim Your Price

WINNING NOTIFICATION 2018.

We are happy to notify you that your e-mail address has been awarded
1,000,000.00 Euro's from a Data Base of Internet Email Users and this
has qualified you as beneficiary winner of the stated winning amount of
1,000,000.00 Euro's (ONE MILLION EURO) in our FREELOTTO E-MAIL PROMO
YEAR BONANZA AWARD 2018 Cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/2017-28733,
BATCH NO.40510. Your secret pin code is MZ07570311.

Contact Freelotto Online for your Prize on below email/telephone number.

1. Your full names:
2. Your full address:
3. Your Telephone:
4. Your Occupation
5. Your Country of origin
6. Your Email:

Note: Claim deadline is on the 25th of February 2018, Why you are advice
to contact below information as your claim agent.

Contact Person: Mr. Henk Franklin
Foreign Transfer Manager
Tel: +31644937500
Direct Email: franklin.henk@aol.com

Regards,
Mr. Christopher Miller

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