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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: "International Promototion Award" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rodriguezlawfirm@linuxmail.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 03:20:54 -0700
Subject: You have won our award


Attention: Winner,

We are pleased to inform you, the beneficiary whose name is on this mail has won our international award from the awaited delayed result, of our international promotion sweepstakes program held on 20/10/19. The results were released on the 22/10/19.

Please download the attached file.The attached file is complete notification of the prize in pdf format.

The file attached is safe and scan pdf, no risk involved.


Thanks
Sandra Luque
Vice President International Prize Department



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