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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: Dr. Frank Newman <info@contabo.com>
Reply-To: info.franknewmz@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 09:32:18 -0800
Subject: [Info] YOU HAVE WON 18

TO THE EMAIL OWNER: sales@goodwaterwarehouse.com

It has finally come to our notice that you have not claimed your winning price of $1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars Only. We want to verify if truly you are the owner of the email address that has won the 2019 international Bono email/mobile lottery. Apple Incorporation and Microsoft is among the sponsors of this year's lottery programs.

We already sent notification to your mail but you did not reply. Someone has been trying to claim your win, but we recently found out and stop it, or did you sent someone to claim for you?

Are you the owner of this email address? If you are the owner of this email, we advice you claim your winning price now as the lottery program might come to an end next week. You have only 12 days to claim.

Contact your agent to: info.frankage@cheapnet.it
And remember to send your contact details also call them.

Best Regards.

Dr. Donald Newman
(Bono Lottery Agent)
info.frankage@cheapnet.it
Tel/Fax: +44 1905 57 0875
Past winners


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