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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. Nelson" <info@itt.tj>
Reply-To: payagents02018@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:01:53 +0200
Subject: **SPAM** CONGRATULATIONS! Your email address...71

Dear Winner (Ref. No. XZG/550/@$1.5M/YU), CONGRATULATIONS! Your email address has won US$1.5Million in the Coordinated Google online (1st Quarter “Bonanza” Year 2018) lottery promotion

We wish to notify you that your email address has automatically generated the winning prize in the Google online (1st Quarter “Bonanza” Year 2018) lottery promotion in conjunction with Microsoft Corporation (Global), Yahoo Inc. (Global), Daum Kakao (South Korea), Empas Corporation (South Korea), Eir Group plc. (Ireland), Pegatron (Taiwan), Deutsche Telekom, Telekom-Online (Germany), Congstar (Germany), 1&1 Internet (Germany), Vodafone (Germany), o2 (Germany), Versatel (Germany), Web.de (Germany), GMX (Germany), Web.de (Germany), LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (Ireland), Digiweb (Ireland), Pure Telecom (Ireland), Sky Ireland, Virgin Media (Ireland), Vodafone (Ireland), Facebook and its Subsidiaries - Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, tbh Watch (USA), OTE Group - otenet.gr (Greece), Vodafone (Greece), Altecnet (Greece), Quanta Computer (Taiwan), Aptg.com.tw (Taiwan), HiNet (Taiwan), Amazon (Global), Baidu (China), Telstra Media (formerly known as BigPond – Australia), Apple Inc. (USA), Aussiemail (Australia), Forthnet (Greece), Naver Corporation (Korea), Taobao (China), Sohu (China), Sina Corp (China), Jingdong Mall (China), Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) - (Taiwan), Odnoklassniki (Russia) and Consumer Rights Protection (Global) etc and thereby you have been selected for a winning prize of US$1.5Million (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only).

To claim prize reply to this or contact: Email: payagent@lottolandus.com,

Nelson L. Bayrón
Payment Agent (0013-Zone G-M)-Lottoland USA
Dallas, Texas 75202, USA

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