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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: "JOHN BROWN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnenterprise2015@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 09:03:50 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE ASAP.

From: JOHN BROWN CHAMBERS UK.
C/O JIM & CAROLYN MCCULLAR
Date: 2019/04/028
Subject: MCCULLAR LUCKY WINNERS.
Reference Number: JCM2012Qr318g


Dear Lucky Winner,


This is a personalized email directed to you as the owner of this contact address. Please keep this document safe and secured as it is very important.

In January 24th of 2012, my wife (Carolyn McCullar) and I (Jim McCullar) won the Mega Million Jackpot Lottery of U$D380million. And as we promised at the Olympia, Washington press conference and to celebrate my birthday which is on the 15th of August, we have now decided to fulfill that promise by donating the sum of Eight hundred Thousand United States Dollars each to 10 unknown lucky people as part of our charity project to improve the lives of these lucky individuals from around the world.

Fortunately, if you have received this email, which was randomly selected, then you are one of the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back to us so as to send your details to the payout bank. You can verify this by visiting the web pages below;

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2012/03/30/ten-biggest-lottery-winners-ever-how-they-planned-to-spend-the-money/


Please kindly quote reference number; JCM2012Qr318g, when contacting our lawyer, to confirm the authenticity this document information. Contact the solicitor below within the next 30 working days


Good-luck,

JIM AND CAROLYN McCULLAR


ATTORNEY-IN-CHARGE: JOHN BROWN

SOLICITOR

Email: johnenterprise2015@gmail.com

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