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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: "Mrs. Joanne Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <loto.informations@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:46:50 +0100
Subject: You Won !!!

Magic Lottery Foundation
664 Dickens Road, Lilburn,
Georgia 30047, Atlanta
United State Of America

Mrs. Joanne Smith
Email: loto.informations@gmail.com


Winning No: NGS/877/798/2017
Email Ref No: NGS/699/33/2017
Notification Date: 26/06/2017


Congratulation !!!

Winners Announced! Your e-mail ID has been selected to receive $850,000.00 US Dollars of the American Lottery Foundation.

We collect email addresses of people that are active online, among the Billions that are subscribed to email addresses worldwide, such as, AOL, Hotmail, Optusnet, Bigpond, Yahoo, Gmail, Google and including private domain users and also being a Microsoft user, your email qualify you in entering the draw. Ten email addresses are been selected in every quarter of the year through an electronic balloting system without the winners applying or purchasing ticket for this draw.

The Magic Lucky draw is proudly sponsored by The Royal Family, Microsoft Corporation©, the Intel Group©, Toshiba©, Dell computers©, Mackintosh© and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. We are proud to say that over $500,000.000.00 (Five Hundred Million United States Dollars) are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

MAKING MONEY IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT, WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MONEY IS ACHIEVEMENT PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to facilitate the protocol of your winning prize before the date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her location.

Prize must be claimed not later than 21 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you below immediately for claim.

Contact Person
Mr. Richard Miller
Tel: +1-404-248-7918
Email: deptoffice1@mail2world.com

MAKING MONEY IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT, WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MONEY IS ACHIEVEMENT PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to facilitate the protocol of your winning prize before the date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her location. Prize must be claimed not later than 21 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you.

Do email the above Claims Administrator, with the claims requirements below. To avoiunnecessary delay, they are needed to proceed.

Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:_____________________
2. Address:_____________________
3. Nationality:___________Sex:________
4. Age:________Date of Birth:___________
5. Occupation:_________Martial Status_________
6. Cell Phone:___________Fax:___________
7. Country:_______

Take Note, Any prize not claimed within this period of 21 days will be forfeited.

Congratulations !!!

Mrs. Joanne Smith
Email: loto.informations@gmail.com

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