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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: LOTTERY OFFICE<kadeef@rvess.cf>
Reply-To: marielopez@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 08:18:26 -0700
Subject: IMPORTANT CLAIM FOR YOUR LOTTERY WINNING


FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION =

DEAR LUCKY WINNER, =

THIS IS TO REMIND YOU ABOUT YOUR UNCLAIMED WINNING AWARD OF $850,000 LEFT =
IN OUR EURO MILLION LOTTO OFFICE. =

KINDLY CONTACT OUR TRANSFER AGENT, MISS MARIA LOPEZ IN SPAIN FOR ONWARD RE=
MITTANCE OF THE MONEY DIRECT TO YOUR ACCOUNT. =

HER LINES ARE OPEN MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9 AM TO 10 PM, SATURDAY 9 AM TO 6 PM =
GMT FOR PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR WINNING FOUND =

YOU CAN REACH HER ON .PHONE 0034631898792 EMAIL marielopez@consul=
tant.com =

CONGRATULATIONS.=20

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