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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:
- ",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)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: aaron.morrow@earthlink.net
Reply-To: marcanderson2009@protonmail.com
Date: 21 May 2020 12:42:26 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS: {CHECK YOUR MESSAGE}

USERS, United States of America Lottery Results Announced!

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM / BULK folder, it is due to the restrictions implemented by your ISP. We, the United States Lottery Team, urge you to still treat it honestly .
________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Congratulations:

Your E-MAIL ACCOUNT has won $ 6,500,000.00 ($ 6 million five hundred thousand) through the ongoing online award campaign for the United States of America. Your ticket number is 0080 387 05172.

All participants were selected using a system that was randomly integrated into the computer and sent to 27 million email addresses over the Internet. The lucky winners do not have to buy a ticket to participate in this lottery program.

Forward your complete data as follows:

{UNITED STATES LOTTO WINNERS REGISTRATION FORM FOR PAYMENT}.

FIRST NAME: ...............
DATE OF BIRTH:.............
SURNAME: ...............
GENDER: ................
ADDRESS: ..............
NATIONALITY: .............
JOB: ............
TELEPHONE NUMBER: ............
FAX NUMBER: ..............
AMOUNT GAINED: ............

To process and withdraw your winnings, please send us the following information in the response email to:

Contact person: Mr. David M. Wehner (CFO)
EMAIL: david4wehner@yandex.com

{Your email won our jackpot, congratulations again}.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Marc Andreessen
Lottery broker of the United States of America
E-mail: marcanderson2009@protonmail.com

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Do not doubt or ignore this letter because we are ready to pay attention to you until you receive your incredible prize from the United States Lottery. Contact our verification office on this mobile number: Tel: + 1-346-220-6006
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