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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: James Watson <lianabecker@live.com>
Reply-To: jameswatson201701@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:36:22 +0000
Subject: Action Required



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This email is translated for your perusal (free Translation)

This is a reward program for this email address owner by
https://www.nationale-loterij.be/nl.

You are in Category “ 2 7 10 13 42 3 6 ” with Reference Number
TC-MM23101, a draw date 13th November and have WON US$ 2.000.000,00
(Two Million, United States Dollars ).

Please file claims line with the governing rules by contacting the
designated claims agent below:

Name: Mrs. Liana Becker
Email: lianabecker@mail.com

You are advised to provide the following information for processing the
payment of your cash award.

Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:


This amount is available for claims within 5 days of this notice
otherwise a revision of award.

Congratulations on your Winning Prize.

Yours Faithfully,

James Watson.
Promotions Coordinator
Tel: +39 388 2595 535

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