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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: "Mr.Meni Holmes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <desmondsandberg6@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 01:19:04 +0800
Subject: Re: YOUR WINNING TICKET

WINNING NUMBER
BL


BLUEWIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
ENFIELD,MIDDAX EN 45 AA,
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.
AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE:

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 14th of November 2019 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME
PROMO LOTTERY; THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAM held on the 29th August 2019.
Your email address attached to ticket number
023-56678230954, with serial number 5073-11 drew the
lucky numbers 7-14-21-42-49-59, and consequently
won the lottery in the 1st category. You have
therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of
POUNDS
1,200.000.00 ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
POUNDS credited to file REF NO. SGIL/763276/03. This
is from total prize money of EURO 24,000,000.00 shared
among the TWELVE international winners in 1st-3rd
categories.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 company emails
Addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
Your fund is now in custody of a financial/Securities
company. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly confidential
until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your account.
To receive your claim, please contact your file/claim
officer:

MR.DESMOND SANDBERG
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
GLOBAL SECURITIES.
London,England
E.MAIL:desmondsandberg6@gmail.com
TELEPHONE:+447520638316

All prize money must be claimed not later than 5th
November 2019. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALLY
DISQUALIFIED.

Sincerely,

Mr.Meni Holmes





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