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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: Publishers Clearing House <seymourjoan014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pch.superprize_K2GY8W_4020195pch@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 05:54:28 -0500
Subject: You Have Won A Life-Changing Prize! of $50,000.00 Lump-Sum

Publishers Clearing House
101 Winners Circle
Jericho, NY 11753


Dear E-mail owner,

You Have Won A Life-Changing Prize! of $50,000.00 Lump-Sum, This weeks
give away from our Bulletin Gwy No. 11000.

On behalf of Andy Goldberg (CEO) and the Publishers Clearing House
Team, It is my honor to announce to you the result about our special
Customer Appreciation Prize that our famous Prize Patrol guarantees to
award.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draws system and extracted from over 100,000.00
companies and personal e-mail addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number: B9564 7560 with serial
number 046560 drew the winning numbers 6 7 14 16 17 27 Bonus 32. You
have therefore been approved of our weekly forever prize to claim a
total sum of $50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand U.S Dollars Only) in check
credited to file EAAL/9080118308/15 personally given along with
balloons, bouquet of roses and a big check in hand !
Our SuperPrize is presented just the way you see it in our popular TV
commercials, “live and in person” by our Prize Patrol, with balloons,
bouquet of roses and check in hand – –

To file for your claim, please send your Ticket number (B95647560),
Full Name, Residential address, State, City, Country, Date Of Birth,
and your personal Mobile# to our corresponding Fiduciary Prize Patrol
Ambassador in Maryland immediately you get this message for quick give
away and delivery of your winners check.

Contact information is as follows:

DENIS WEIFFENBACH
E-mail: pch.redemption.center@gmail.com
Phone: (516) 387-2066
Hours of Operation: M-F 8:00am-4:59pm
PLANT CITY, FL 33565


Please note: Considering too many winners, before visiting our payment
centre, Contact our prize agent with the above details as soon as
possible.

***Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask
that you keep this award strictly away from Friends, Family and public
notice until your claim has been processed and your prize remitted.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by some participants of this program.

Publishers Clearing House reserves the right through decision by the
Board of Judges to disqualify any entry determined to be the result of
tampering with the Publishers Clearing House online system in
violation of the letter and spirit of the official rules. Any use of
programmed, automatic or scripted entry methods will void all
associated entries and individuals using such methods may be
disqualified for future entry opportunity.

*** Congratulations!!!


Sincerely Yours,

Deborah Holland
Executive Vice President,
Publishers Clearing House
pch.superprize_K2GY8W_4020195pch@hotmail.com

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