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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: "Smith Family Foundation"<elawsand@houstonisd.org>
Reply-To: haroldsmith0993@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:03:03 -0700
Subject: $950,000 USD...

We the Smith Family won $429.6 million NJ Powerball jackpot, We have decided to give back to the society by doing charity donations, We are given out $950,000 USD each to 5 lucky people worldwide, your email was selected from a Data Base of Internet E-mail Users which your ID came out as one of our lucky precipitants. Please confirm if you are still using this your email address by getting back to us and send us your details.
Your Full Name:
Age:
Gender:
Country:
Occupation:
Phone No:
For More details view link below...
http://www.theroot.com/nj-family-who-won-429-million-lottery-jackpot-launch-g-1795796820

Congratulations to you.
Smith Family Foundation.

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