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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: "PEOPLE'S LOTTERY" <info@people.com>
Reply-To: agentconntact@europe.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 22:24:11 -0700
Subject: eMail Notice!

Dear Lucky Winner!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the PEOPLE'S POSTCODE ONLINE EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION, an international program held on the 07th of SEPT 2016, in which your e-mail address was attached to the following winning information's have won £825,000.00 GBP in the on-going Int'l Draw Promo.

Serial Number: 2747-3600-2016 166
Batch Number: BBSTA/8813/KL/AS
Reference Number: AAP/20/17/44/2016/KL

To files for your claims, please contact the payment office through the below email address later five (5)days from today afterwhich all funds will be returned as unclaimed. Send your details to online admin such as Full Name, Mobile No, Mail ID, Sex, Address, Country, Age, Occup via email: [agentconntact@europe.com]

Best Regards
Mrs. Angela Bollmann

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