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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 Roy Cockrum" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cockrumrroy@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:08:22 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/

Compliment of the day to you,

My entire family is pleased to read your reply to us. I am Mr Roy Cockrum, I am a 63 years old man and i was born and raised in the area of Knoxville, but left to pursue a career in theater.

I spent the next 20 years working as an actor and a stage manager before i joined The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, an Episcopal
monastery in Cambridge,Mass.But eventually i came home to Knoxville to take care of my parents in their old age, and i currently have a small
business in the area of Knoxville, Recently i have moved to United Kingdom for a course am undergoing, after i won my Power ball Jackpot
of $259.8 Million in June 11, 2014, My jackpot was a gift from God to me and my entire family has agreed to do the will of God.

After winning my Power ball Jackpot of $259.8 Million in June 11, 2014, I promised God that I will do the right thing to his glory by
investing 50% of my money to charity in helping humanity start from the first month of 2019.this year i have picked 13 lucky people to be
blessed from registered email addresses provided to me by Microsoft list/Google list/Facebook users.

I may not know you, but I believe if you were chosen by God to receive my donation of US$150,000.00 USD. You must be a God fearing individual, I am a Christian and i believe that Good things happens to
those people who wait and also believe in faith and in truth.

I am very grateful to you for the interest shown in my plight and I want to assure you that you will be greatly rewarded for what you have
chosen to do. Although we are knowing each other for the first time but I believe our father in heaven has directed me to you as I prayed
and searched over the Internet for assistance because I saw your profile on a list of registered email addresses provided to me by
Microsoft list/Google list/Facebook users from which I picked you and 12 others specifically from Facebook this year 2019.

I want to use this medium to congratulate you for being one of the selected winners to receive the amount US$150,000.00 you have been
chosen among the 13 lucky winners in this year grant.

Be assured you stand no risk as this is my money,for source and verification Please you can read more about me by Viewing this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ news/article-2679967/Tennessee-man-claims-259- million-Powerball-prize.html

I decided to make my donation to both the charity and Individuals as God has lead me to and i told some Ministers about this which they said was a welcome idea and promised they will get me a list of some people that my donation will help their life's and put smile on the face of the needy, I decided to select my self by going to Facebook to make a research.

My donation of US$150,000.00 US Dollars may not be much to you but i believe it will go a long way to improving your standard of living like my Power ball Jackpot did to me.

Meanwhile, my office have tried to reach you by mail on several occasion but with no success due to that, when ever an e-mail is been
sent to you, it return back to our system as undelivered so if you have by any chance received this message, endeavor to get back
immediately so that you can be given the proceedings on you can receive your grant.

However for the purpose of proper verification among other relevant information, it is imperative that you supply us with the following
requirements; and return back to me and my entire household will be glad for you to visit us after my donation gets to you. Do this on
time so you can contact the payout bank for further directives to receive this donation,

Your Full Name…………………………
Your Complete Address………………
Age……………………………………….
Direct Telephone Number……………
Mobile Number…………………………
Present Occupation……………………
E-mail :……………

Note: If you received this message in SPAM /BULK folder, it is because of the restrictions imposed by your MAIL/INTERNET service provider, we
urge you to treat it genuinely.

I do hope that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your state.

May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and

your society as soon as my donation gets to you.

Thank you,
Sincerely Yours,
Mr Roy Cockrum

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