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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: "International Cricket Council" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Icclotteryaward@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 21:15:36 -0000
Subject: International Cricket Council Award Promotion

Desk of the Secretary.
Award promotions dept.
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Ref:637- ICC,
United-Kingdom

Attention: Winner

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual draws held on the 31th of December 2015/2016 by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in cash Promotion to promote fans in India,South Africa,
Sri-Lanka, Nepal,and England. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909.

Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won the total reward of One million United States dollars($1, 000.000.00 USD) each on the International Cricket Council (ICC) promotion Award.

Attached Serial No(556543450906) to ticket number (5647600545188) and ballot number (Ref: 2551256003/23)
The online draws was Conducted by a random selection of email and mobile numbers and you were picked by an Advanced automated random computer search from the International Cricket Council (ICC) India database.(IN-DTB-CRICKET/0091).

In other to claim your $1, 000.000.00 USD contact the Online Coordinator with the below details.

Forward your details as below to the coordinator for processing of your payment.

FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS
DATE OF BIRTH:
COUNTRY:
Ticket NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER:
REF. NUMBER:
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:

Contact of the Fiduciary Agent with the email below

Name: Barry Anderson
Email: Icclotteryaward@yandex.com
CC: windowclaimdpt@outlook.com

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