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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: gpf@telkomsa.net
Reply-To: nelsenroberts930@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:40:32 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: Ref








NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAW

UK-LOTTERY/ EMAIL DRAW 2018
UK Office No 47 Se1 7na – Balking London United Kingdom


WINNING NUNBERS: 3, 5,24,34,43 Bonus 10

Attn: Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of UK National Lottery, the UK online Sweepstakes International program held for the year 2018.

You have won GBP₤2, 000,000.00 (Two Million British Pounds Sterling Only) from UK lottery draw 2018. Your Email ID was one of the selected emails all over the World Wide Web sites in the online lottery draw in which your email emerged as a winning email with the lucky winning numbers above. Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our Afro booklet representative office as indicated in our database here. In view of this, your GBP₤2,000,000.00 (Two Million British Pounds Sterling Only) would be released to you by our nominated paying bank, Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Co-operation London (HSBC BANK).

In order to process your winning for transfer, you are advice to contact your Claim agent with the details below for your payment.
Name: Mr. Nelsen Robert.
Email: nelsenroberts930@gmail.com
Email; claimdepatment@mail.com
Tel: +44 7418427437
You are advised to send the following information to your Claim Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you.

1. Full Names:
2. Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. My Date of birth:
7. Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Marital Status:
10. Winning numbers:
11. Winning Email:

Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours sincerely,
Regan Matt.

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