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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: ""Mrs. T. Butler""<results1@mail.com>
Reply-To: <fbyron01250@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:40:38 -0500
Subject: RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION! OXZOBDIVFS

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We wish to inform you the draw number (2501) for Lotto held on 11/12/2019. Your e-mail address attached to your e-ticket number on file drew the lucky numbers: 07 14 16 33 35 47 Bonus 25 which won you the Raffle draw. You have been approved to claim a total sum of GBP1, 000,000.00 credited to file reference number: KLM91/UK11SA and Batch number: 014/UK12/KLM.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer generated ballot draw system, emails entered were extracted from over a million unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are affiliated to the gaming control board. This promotion takes place weekly.

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the claimant will result to disqualification. You must contact your agent not later than 48 hours upon receipt of this information to file your claims; this way your certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for payout to you.

Call +44 122 392 6631 now.

Provide the information below:
Winning e-mail address:
Reference number:

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/results/lotto/draw-history/prize-breakdown/2501

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. T. Butler
Online Coordinator

Registration details Camelot Group plc Registered office: Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts WD18 9RN Registered in England and Wales No. 2822203

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