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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: WPCL <info@wpcl.org>
Reply-To: thompsonelsonx@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:26:31 +0000
Subject: Re: Thanks for your response



--
World People's Choice Lottery
From People's Choice Lottery

We are happy to announce to you that you have won a cash award of
$6,250,000.00
at the Accra Payment Center of the first International Draw of World
People's Choice Lottery for the Year 2015.
Your email address was attached to a Ticket Number: #62-16-85-08-17-33
which drew Five out of six winning numbers which consequently won the
2nd category of the cash award of $6,250,000.00 ( Six Million Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars).

Batch Number: AC/WPCL432/861/0D
Draw Date: November 7th 2015

Your email address was among the (3) email addresses chosen to receive
the prize of US$6,250,000.00 each in this section. Also, Immediately
after payment have been issued to you, you will be required to support
Charity, Youth,Education and Health and Wellness in your community.
Also, we expect you to use some of the money to spread Internet
knowledge within your locality. We have five clearance offices zoned
continental for payment namely Edmonton,Las Vegas,Beijing,London &
Accra.

For Payment, you are to contact immediately without any further delay
Mr. Thompson Nelson of the WPCL Accra Center for immediate verification
and procession for payment.

Mr. Thompson Nelson
Email: thompsonelsonx@gmail.com
World People's Choice Lottery
Address: Accra International Center

Your clearance Officer will facilitate the process for immediate
payment. Contact Her with your details;

Full Name: Address: Tel No. : Nationality: Ticket Number# :
62-16-85-08-17-33 Batch Number: AC/WPCL432/861/0D

Note that the details will be posted on our Site as one of the winners
of the End Of Year World People's Choice Lottery

Thank you for your cooperation.

Yours Faithfully

Mrs. Adele McBrown

...............................................................
Confidentiality Notice: This communication is intended only for the use
of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain
information that is privileged,confidential and exempt from disclosure
under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination,distribution
or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
received
this in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete the
message.

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