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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: Blackberry UK Promo <bbpromo16@yopmail.com>
Reply-To: blackberryclaimsdept@post.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 02:56:52 +0000
Subject: Congratulation!!! Kindly Follow To The Below Instruction




Congratulations!!!



Hello,



Your email has just been selected in the last quarter of the ongoing
Blackberry Mobile UK Promotions, which you are one of our lucky
winners. You won (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds
Sterling). There was no ticket bought, it was a random selection of
all email users all around the Globe. Claim code: BB85744 and Batch
Number: BB/Lon/847/016



Please contact below the Claims Manager Office for clarification;



Dr. Anthony Louis

Claims Manager Office

Blackberry Corporation

E - Mail: blackberryclaimsdept@post.com



Yours faithfully,



Mr. Kirby Link

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