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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. Allen Ferguson" <sapiens@ufv.br>
Reply-To: awardofficeonline@consultant.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:29:34 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Sweepstake award

Congratulations!!
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar (US 1,500,000.00) for 2017 Prize
promotion which is organized by YAHOO, AOL, WINDOWS LIVE, MSN,
HOTMAIL this 2017. YAHOO and MICRO SOFT collects all the email
addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions
that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail
providers. Six people are selected every two years to benefit from
this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF
PRIZE AND
CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.
Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 28th days, from date
of Draw Notification. Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522, PIN:
1208 WINNING NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48 These numbers fall within the
Location file. You are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in
and send your winning identification numbers and your full
information:

1. Full name…………………………….
2. Contact Address……………………
3. Telephone Number………………..
4. Fax Number………………………….
5. Age…………………………………….
6. Occupation…………………………..
7.Lucky Number………………………
8. Serial Number…………………
9. OGPN Number........................ .........
10.Ticket Number……………………….
11. Copy of your passport or your driver's license …………

CLAIMS MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
NAME: Mr. Allen Ferguson


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