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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: "China Citic Telecom International" <info@chinaciticintl.com>
Reply-To: yihan.zhao@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:18:39 +0800
Subject: WINNER NOTIFICATION

Mrs. Yihan Zhao
UK Online Representative
CITIC Telecom International
Tel: +44 7937 001015
Email: yihan.zhao@yahoo.com

We are pleased to inform you that your email have been randomly selected as our winner/beneficiary to the sum of $2,200,000 (Two Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) CHINA CITIC TELECOM INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY an international program held on the 5th of January 2018, in which your e-mail address was attached to the following winning information

Serial Number: 2767-3600-2018 33
Batch Number: CBSTA/7913/KL/BN
Reference Number:EAP/10/18/54/2018/KL

To file in your claim, kindly reply with 1. Your full names, 2.Address, 3. Date of birth, 4. Direct telephone/mobile number and the above stated Serial Number/Batch Number/Reference number via Call,SMS, and email,to our UK customer representative.

Mrs. Yihan Zhao
Online Co-ordinator
China Citic Telecom International Lottery

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