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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: ttremb@Safe-mail.net
Reply-To: danamber1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:27:27 +0000
Subject: you won

Greetings

UK/UN Trust Fund National Lottery announce you today as the Lucky winner of the 3rd international draw of the year 2015.

Emails were picked up randomly based on the world list directory of Names and email addresses of individuals from all the countries in the world.

Your email drew as the winning email for the Category "A" draw, with Ref. Number: PF23-711W-9, Batch No: 46-184-WAN and serial NO:215-18. Amount Won on Category "A" Draw: US$1.0Million.

You are advised to come forward for immediate claim by contacting the Verification officer Daniel Tremblay (Email:danamber1@gmail.com) with Your Age, Full names, Physical Address,Telephone number and copy of this notification.

Thank you,

Notification Officer National Lottery UK)

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