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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "drspogterjonas@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: QATAR 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP <so15@gnabdd.com>
Reply-To: QATAR 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP <drspogterjonas@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 16:35:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Contact Dr. SPOGTER JACOBUS
 Dear Lucky Winner :
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have won the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar Million Lotteries. Your email address was selected through a computer ballot system from all active email address users all over the world which won you the amount of $1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) among other 50 winners. This amount has already credited into an ATM master Card, which you can be able to withdraw from Any ATM machine of your choice to any part of the world.
Below are your winning verification details which you must keep confidential and provide only to our accredited claim Agent when needed to avoid double claim. Double claims will be cancelled.
HOW TO CLAIM PRIZE MONEY: All prize money must be claimed no later than 60 days from the date of winning Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Note it has been credited into an ATM CARD, which you can withdraw any ATM machine of your choice to any country. Send the following Winner Confirmation Details through E-mail to submit your claim to our DISPATCHING Agent in South Africa:
Claim Registration Details: Â Winning Reference: QFW2022F. Batch Number: 59864273.
(1)Full Names: Â Â
(2) Sex:
(3) Country:
(4)State/Province:
(5)City Code :
(6) Tel/Mobile:
(7) Date of Birth:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Amount Won:
(10) Winning Reference & Batch Number:
Contact Agent:Dr. SPOGTER JACOBUS  Email: ( drspogterjonas@outlook.com )
KINDLY CONTACT OUR AGENT SO HE CAN DISPATCH YOUR CARD TO YOU VIA DHL AND YOU GET IT IN 3DAYS. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Yours Sincerely,
DR PRITCHARDS D.
(Notification Agent S.A).
(Program Coordinator).
QATAR FIFA 2022 Lottery Promotion Manager
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