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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: "Euro-Million Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <s64teven@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 17:14:25 -0700
Subject: Congratulation: You're a winner!

We happily announce to you The 1,204th EuroMillions draw took place on Friday 5th April 2019 at 21:00 CEST (20:00 BST) and the winning numbers
drawn were:

Lucky numbers 1-7-10-29-45- Star Number 3-5
Millionaire Maker: MWZT62546
serial number MZNS47038
Prize credited to file EURO/86169/2019

Your electronic email address has been awarded the sum of 2,392,263 GB Pounds. An official letter was posted to your address.

Kindly, confirm receipt of this notification to your claims officer for more details at: Mr. Kennith William E-mail; s64teven@gmail.com
Telephone:+447031993695. Attached this memo when contacting him. View your details on https://www.euro-millions.com/results/05-04-2019


EuroMillions prizes must be claimed within 90 days of the draw date, so tickets purchased for this draw are valid until Thursday 4th July 2019.
This is a confidential mail sent to ONLY winners of this draws.


If you have any questions, please contact our customer support.


Kind regards,

Peter Jones
Customer Support
www.euro-millions.com/results/05-04-2019



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of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s),please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this
communication, or the information within, is strictly prohibited and maybe unlawful. Equally, you must not disclose all, or part, of its contents
to any other person. If you have received this communication in error,please delete it from your system.

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