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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: "US International Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inc.lotto0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 01:34:00 +0700
Subject: Your Attention Is Important Please:

We are Pleased to inform you that your email address was selected among the winning numbers of the recently conducted Lottery from the United State International Online Lottery organization and we shall be glad if you can claim your Prize, respond to this mail within 72 hours otherwise we will assume that you are not interested or dead according to below stated, We conducted the Lottery using Lotto as part of our tax relief program set up by the United State International Lottery Boards and Yahoo Inc, on this note we congratulate you and wish you best of luck as you claim the prize attached to this International Lottery.
 
Note: We will not be held responsible for any further delay of your payment after three (3) working days without any response from you. It is important to inform you that we have received the bank details from Mr. Graig Steven who have written to us as your next of Kin. He wrote that you are dead by cancer of the Lungs and can not stand to claim your Lottery sum. The finance minister has agreed to pay your Prize sum in two installments. The first four million dollars shall be payed as soon as you are cleared by this office while the remaining four million five hundred thousand shall be payed towards the last quarters of this Month, Reconfirm your informations such as Full Name, Contact Telephone, Contact Address, Next Of Kin, Occupation, Marital Status, Sex.
 
NOTE: If we don’t hear from you within the next 48 hours, we will not have any other option than to proceed with his payment request as he is not aware that we have already contacted you now for this confirmation, therefore, we shall be looking forward to your prompt reply to this mail, Please contact your Claims Agent or representative immediately Below, you must keep this strictly confidential which means that you are precluded  from discussing your approved Winning Prize fund with 3rd parties such as (Family Members, Friends and Relatives). This is to prevent unlawful tampering and a means to reduce risks  of Fraud and Scams from taking Place, This is your verification approved Prize Security Code, which is needed in your respond to Us: is (ILP4141):
 
These are your Identification Numbers.
1. Ticket Number: 02-09-19-28-29-19.
2. Serial Number PP: 10005.
3. Batch Number 2018343256.
4. Lottery Ref. Number: 932436784.
5. Draw lucky Numbers: 29192829.
 
Claims Agent
Mrs.Jacqueline Parker
EMAIL: Inc-lotto@representative.com
Telephone: +1 508 319 9720.
Fax No: +1 508-774-6340.
 
Tim Lawton
General Manager, Online Division, Us
382 Channel Drive,Port Washington, NY  11050,
United States Of America
E-Mail: inc.lotto0@gmail.com

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