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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: "Mr. Bill William Laurie" <no.reply@usa-corporate.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Bill William Laurie" <ma4uk@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 01:44:42 -0800
Subject: Re: Notification*

Dear Internet User.

We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged
winner of £500, 000.00 ( FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS)
in Sweepstake Java Web Lottery Promo Award.

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
500,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked
by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web.
No tickets was sold.

Your email address attached to Ref No: EAASL/941OYI/17 & Batch
No:12/25/DC34; Won the first prize on the 210th of January 2017.
Note that prizes will strictly be remitted to winners that officially file in
for their claims within the given time frame.

To begin your claim, you are to forward this message to our accredited
claim agent including your Full Names and Address,Telephone and fax
numbers, Age,Occupation, Country of Origin and country of residence.

Contact Person: Mr. Anthony Magnoli
Email: ma4uk@aol.com

Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting the requirement of the Lottery board
authority which includes your statutory obligations.

Best Regards,
Mr. Bill William Laurie
(Lottery co-ordinator).

Note: All Won Prizes must Be claimed/ Cleared not later than 14th of
February 2017. After this date, all other winnings will be considered as
UNCLAIMED and will be forfeited.

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