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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: Thomas Ulrike Wimmer <laura42@alice.it>
Reply-To: thomasu.wimmer@yahoo.de
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:32:54 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Award Winning Notification


Award Winning Notification
You have won the United Kingdom national lottery draw program held in London on the 30th of October 2015. You
have been selected as a winner of a lump sum payout of $1,500,000.00
Dollars in cash credited to file reference number: UK/03578/01. Your
winning amount has been loaded into ATM card by our payment
correspondent bank which you can use to withdraw your money from any
bank in your country. For more information and clarification, contact
our regional coordinator in charge for the delivery of your ATM card to
your designated address through Courier Company. E-mail: ( unit.delivery@gmail.com ) Mr. Martin Amodda. Tel: +229-98 570 632.

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