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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: Allen Ferguson <daviesmark221@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Allen Ferguson <awardofficeonline@consultant.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:45:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Sweepstakes award


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.

                     
                     
          PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. 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 to him:



You are advised to send the following of your information to award office
Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund.
 
1.      Full
name…………………………….
2. Contact Address……………………
3. Telephone Number………………..
4. Fax Number………………………….
5. Age…………………………………….
6. Occupation…………………………..
7. WINNING NUMBER………………………
8. BATCH NUMBER…………………
9. PIN........................ .........
10. REFERENCE NUMBER ……………………….
11. Please note that a copy of your passport or your driver's license is needed
while sending your information………………………….
                     
                     
                   
CLAIMS MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
NAME: Mr. Allen Ferguson
 Congratulations!! Once again.

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