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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "hundred thousand u.s 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)
- "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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- pch.redemption.center@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- is as follows: denis weiffenbach e-mail: pch.redemption.center@gmail.com phone: (516) 387-2066 hours of operation: m-f (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Publishers Clearing House" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pch.superprize_K2GY8W_4020195pch@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:07:58 +0100
Subject: Dear E-mail owner,

Publishers Clearing House
101 Winners Circle
Jericho, NY 11753

Dear E-mail owner,

You Have Won A Life-Changing Prize! of $100,000.00 Lump-Sum, This weeks give away from our Bulletin Gwy No. 11000.

On behalf of Andy Goldberg (CEO) and the Publishers Clearing House Team, It is my honor to announce to you the result about our special Customer Appreciation Prize that our famous Prize Patrol guarantees to award.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 100,000.00 companies and personal e-mail addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number: B9564 7560 with serial number 046560 drew the winning numbers 6 7 14 16 17 27 Bonus 32. You have therefore been approved of our weekly forever prize to claim a total sum of $100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars Only) in check credited to file EAAL/9080118308/15 personally given along with balloons, bouquet of roses and a big check in hand !

To file for your claim, please send your Ticket number (B95647560), Full Name, Residential address, State, City, Country, Date Of Birth, and your personal Mobile# to our corresponding Fiduciary Prize Patrol Ambassador in Maryland immediately you get this message for quick give away and delivery of your winners check.

Contact information is as follows:

DENIS WEIFFENBACH
E-mail: pch.redemption.center@gmail.com
Phone: (516) 387-2066
Hours of Operation: M-F 8:00am-4:59pm
PLANT CITY, FL 33565

Please note: Considering too many winners, before visiting our payment centre, Contact our prize agent with the above details as soon as possible.

***Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly away from Friends, Family and public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of this program.

Publishers Clearing House reserves the right through decision by the Board of Judges to disqualify any entry determined to be the result of tampering with the Publishers Clearing House online system in violation of the letter and spirit of the official rules. Any use of programmed, automatic or scripted entry methods will void all associated entries and individuals using such methods may be disqualified for future entry opportunity.

*** Congratulations!!!

Sincerely Yours,

Deborah Holland
Executive Vice President,
Publishers Clearing House
pch.superprize_K2GY8W_4020195pch@hotmail.com

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