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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 <silnarong@kpru.ac.th>
Reply-To: <raype1955@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:08:56 +0100
Subject: Lottery Payment of £1,500,000.00 GBP

My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of 41 Million British Pounds and we have decided to donate £1,500,000.00 GBP to 10 individuals EACH worldwide as part of our own charity project and our end of the year bonaza as a way of given back to the society

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 emails which were submitted to us by the consultant as a winner, kindly send your details below for payment of your lottery sum £1,500,000.00 GBP

1. Full Name:___2. Address:___3. Nationality:__Sex_4. Age___Date of Birth:___5. Occupation:____6. Phone:____Fax:____7. State of
Origin:___Country:___8. Copy of int'l passport or any scanned identity to prove yourself.Contact the fiduciary agent for your payment

Officer in charge Raymond Peterson
E-mail raype1955@yahoo.co.uk OR raypeterson1955@gmail.com

You can also send us your details to acknowledge the receipt of the letter.Congratulation!!!

Best Regards,
Gareth Catherine Bull

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