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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: "Promo Desk" <alexevenings@alexapparel.com>
Reply-To: courierstarwaydesk@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:20:00 +0700
Subject: Important Notice.

National Lottery
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater United Kingdom.

=======================================

YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL FROM NATIONAL LOTTERY CO-OPERATION AS A NOTIFICATION.

WINNING NOTIFICATION 2019!!!

This is to inform you that your email has won a consultation prize of the United Kingdom Government.
Yearly Email draw held this year 2019.

Your email has won you (500,000.00GBP) Five hundred Thousand British Pounds.

To claim your prize, please contact your delivery agent Mr. Moses Cook Of STAR WAY COURIER Broad with your

Batch#:809378E
Ticket#,89654737HQ
Serial#,MATP/95328299206
Ref#:BTD/9180648302/19

Email: courierstarwaydesk@yahoo.com

contact him via email immediately within 24hrs with the following details below.

1. Full Name................
2. Country..................
3. Contact Address..........
4. Telephone/MOBILE Number.........
5. Fax Number...............
6. Marital Status...........
7. Next Of Kin...............
8. Age......................
9. Sex......................
10.Email....................
11.Company Name............
12.Position.................

Regards
National Lottery United Kingdom.

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