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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 Cynthia" <info@europortest.com>
Reply-To: cynroyce000@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:16:15 +0200
Subject: Hello, you have won (CONGRATULATION)..229

Subject: UK Lottery winning Notification
Reply to: cynroyce00@gmail.com

>From the Desk of Mrs Cynthia Royce
Promo Coordinator,
United Kingdom Lottery Commision
London, UK.

Dear email user,

Your email address won you a prize money of GBP£2,600,000,00 in the UNITED KINGDOM ATM LOTTERY in collaboration with the African Union T(AU) Held on 2nd of January 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Your winning Reference number is uk/utbtg876015 with batch number 2150017,

For claims, Email us your Name,Address,Occupation,and Phone number with your winning reference number to: cynroyce000@gmail.com

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed within Seven working days otherwise all winnings will be returned as unclaimed funds.

Mrs Cynthia Royce
Promo Coordinator

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