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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- drspogterjonass@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Bhattacharjee Rajatangshu <BhattacharjeeRajatangshu911@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:28:05 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: KINDLY OPEN ATTACHED FILE TO SEE YOUR QATAR 2022
FIFA WORLD CUP AWARD 18/04/2019:
Dear Lucky Winner:
CONGRATULATIONS:
You have won the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar Million Lotteries. Your email address was selected through a computer data ballot system from all active email address users all over the world which won you the amount of $1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) among other 50 winners.
Meanwhile,the Funds was awarded to you by FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar Million Lottery Promotion to help encourage you to engage fully in football Sports may be as a fan and your children can also be part of the inspiring young talent that we hope to see in any of the FIFA Organize Junior World U-17 OR U-20.
More so, your QATAR FIFA 2022 World Cup Winning Lottery Funds has been credited into a Master ATM CARD, which you can be able to use any part of the world to any ATM Machine of your Choice. The reason why your Funds was credited into a Master ATM CARD, is to make it very easy for you to be able to receive it within 2/3 business days without you going through a long process. The ATM CARD will be dispatch to your local address via dhl and i will send you the dhl tracking numbers so you can be able to track and follow up until it arrives at your door step within 2/3 business days.
Below are your winning verification details which you must keep confidential and provide only to our accredited claim Agent when needed to avoid double claim. Double claims will be cancelled:
HOW TO CLAIM PRIZE MONEY: All prize money must be claimed no later than 15 days from the date of winning Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Send the following Winner Confirmation Details through E-mail to submit your claim to our DISPATCHING Agent in UNITED STATES:
KINDLY CONTACT OUR AGENT SO HE CAN DISPATCH YOUR CARD TO YOU VIA DHL AND YOU GET IT IN 3DAYS:
OFFICE ADDRESS : Campus Commons 333 University Avenue.
PHONE NUMBERS : +19402483584
CONTACT PERSON : Dr. SPOGTER JACOBUS
EMAIL ADDRESS : ( drspogterjonass@hotmail.com ):
Claim Registration Details: Winning Reference: QFW2022F. Batch Number: 59864273:
(1)Full Names:
(2) Sex:
(3) Country:
(4)State/Province:
(5)City Code :
(6) Tel/Mobile:
(7) Date of Birth:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Amount Won:
(10) Winning Reference & Batch Number:
THANKS.
MR ABBOTT ANTHONY JOHN.
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