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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: "Gareth & Catherine Bull"<info@garthrine-giveback.com>
Reply-To: garethg462@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 11:01:25 -0700
Subject: You win!!!

Hello and congratulations to you!

This is notify you that your email address is one of the selected four winners of our give-back promotion from a pool of emails which were submitted to us by
the Google, Inc as a web user.

Kindly send us your response from your secure private email to ( garethg462@gmail.com ) OR CALL +44-7721405040 for further details on your winnings.

Failure to get a feedback from you with 72hrs means you declined your winnings.

Congratulations!!!

Best Regards,
Gareth & Catherine Bull

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