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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: "Gareth & Catherine Bull<info@domain.com>" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulw2005@mail2uk.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 09:39:44 +0200
Subject: Re: Your Have Been Awared 500,000.00 British Pounds


Congratulation,


This is to inform you that My wife and I is donating £500,000.00 British pounds each to 5 recipients worldwide as our own reach out to the world charity project campaign for educational boost, farming, health, social amenities, and food/housing grants

We won the Euro Millions Lottery of 41 Million British Pounds in 2012 and since then we have impacted lives with this money around the world yearly. To verify, please see our interview by visiting the web page below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091124/EuroMillions-winners-Gareth-Catherine-Bull-scoop-41MILLION-lotto-jackpot.html


Your email address was among the randomly selected correspondence submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a web user; if you have received our email please, kindly send us the below details so that we can issue you a valid certified bank draft of £500,000.00pounds in your name or direct our bank to effect the transfer to your operational bank account in your country.

Here is the information needed for you to fill:

1. Full Name:
2. Full Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Tel.Number:
9. Country Residence:
10. Any form of Identity:


Send your response to Paul Maxwell with Email: paulw2005@mail2uk.com for payment advice

Congratulations once again from all members and team of Gareth & Catherine Bull Online charity program.

Best Regards,

Gareth & Catherine Bull.
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