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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: "Ms Englert Reece." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <favouramanda79@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 07:35:24 +0200
Subject: Re: Good Day Dear Beneficiary

Good Day Dear Beneficiary,
BMW Lottery Department, officially announce that you have been selected for a prize of a Brand new 2017 Model  BMW 760Li,a Check of $800,000.00 USD and Brand new
Laptop from our International Balloting programs held on the 21st of March 2018, in the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.
Your Email was selected by the Microsoft Corporation which always Supplied this Company With Fifty Thousand email Addresses Of {AIU} Active Internet Users Yearly, and Your email address was Submitted as One of the Active Internet Users For the Year 2018.. After Email Address are Been Submitted to Us For the Random Selection By Microsoft Corporation, we only select ten people as our winners, through electronic balloting System without the winner applying.
These are your identification numbers:
Ticket Number: 07923425896/2020
Winning code Number:BMW:255175HGDY03/23
Lucky Numbers: 7/4/12/58/01/30
To begin with the claim processing of your prize, you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information.
Name:   Amanda Favour
Email:  favouramanda79@gmail.com
Contact her by providing her with your Winning code Number BMW:255175HGDY03/23. As the subject of your email for swift response. You are also advised to provide her with the under listed information as soon as possible:
1. Name In Full :
2. Residential Address :
3. Nationality :
4. Age :
5. Sex
6. Occupation :
7. Direct Phone :
8. Present Country :
9. Email address :
10. pin code Number BMW:
Best Regards
Ms Englert Reece.
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THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS

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