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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: "loteria el gordo" <test@vodokanal.poltava.ua>
Reply-To: roberto.lucas@citromail.hu
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 09:36:00 +0100
Subject: Dear winner

Dear winner

This is to inform you that you have been pronounced as the winner of the
el-Gordo lottery draw 2019. Your e-mail address ( ) attached to ticket
number: 8-11-32-41-44-45-38-3 drew the winning number: 38-41-46-47-53-6
which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

Therefore you have been approved for a payment of € 2,500,000 (two million
five hundred thousand Euros) in cash credited to file ref number: 001155.
This is from a total cash prize of € 42,500,000 (Forty two million five
hundred thousand Euros) shared among seventeen (17) international winners
in this category.

Congratulations!!!

Your fund is now deposited with a security company and is insured in your
name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by
participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
250,000 e-mail addresses from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South
America and North America as part of our international promotions program
which we conduct once every year. We hope your lucky e-mail address will
draw a bigger cash prize in next year high-stakes of 200 million euro
Inter.Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact our accredited claim agent, Mr.
Roberto Lucas via email: roberto.lucas@citromail.hu
You are also advised to provide the below stated requirements to our agent
for the processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a
designation account of your choice.

(1) Your full name:
(2) Your address:
(3) Your nationality:
(4) Your occupation:
(5) Your date of birth:
(6) Gender:
(7) Mobile phone:
(8) Home phone:
(9) Office phone:
(10) Your valid id:

Note; all winnings must be claimed within one month (30 days). After this
date, all unclaimed funds will be returned. Furthermore, should there be
any change of your address do inform our claim agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from our staff, and thanks for being part of
our promotional program.

Sincerely,

Luciana Mateo.

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