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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: "Andy Duncan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joenelson25@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 05:47:57 -0300
Subject: Congratulation!!

UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY 2018
Ref: GB8701/LPRC
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning number: 475061725

Dear Winner,

We wish to inform you that your e-mail address won the total sum of £2,500,000.00 GBPS (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) United Kingdom Jackpot Lottery Award in cash credit file: Ref:A2018SO/AB/CI/049/01 from the total cash prize of £10,000,000.00 GBPS shared among FOUR lucky winners in this category in the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO 2018.This is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from which your e-mail address came out as the winner of this year lucky jackpot lottery awards.

Note: Your cash prize will be transferred to you from any recognized Government bank affiliated to European Banks only. Kindly contact the
authorized paying Bank (Banco Alantico) through their e-mail address below for your payment with the following details…

FULL NAMES………………………………….
SEX: ........................................................
HOME ADDRESS: .....................................
OCCUPATION………………………………….
BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.........................
TELEPHONE NUMBER………………………
E- MAIL: info@bancoatlantico.com
E- MAIL : joenelson25@yandex.com


Sincerely,

Andy Duncan
Managing Director.
Nigel Railton, Chief Executive Officer.
Reply to: joenelson25@yandex.com

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