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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: mrmrs763893@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:34:40 +0000
Subject: Congratulations _you_have won * !

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7sBLsY3QFG9s-zhHwudl63uW7uJDnbMBjiUYOs5d6wm8lhg/viewform?vc
From: Mrs. Mary Raymond
74 West Seymour Street
Kamloops, BC, Canada, V2C 1E2
Ticket Number: A956475604745011
Reference No: TR 116 EU
Batch No. Lotto BC 6/49

Dear congratulations to you and your entire family as we bring to your
notice, the results of the Second Category draws of E-Mail Lottery Promo
organized and sponsor by the British Columbia Lottery Canada (BCLC). We are
happy to inform you that your email address attached to Ticket #.:
A9564756045011drew the Winning # 01 02 13 30 35 38 with bonus # 45 have
emerged a winner of a total sum of US$1,200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars), in cash credited to file
CATIS/B16OYQKL/20. This is from a total cash prize of 150,000,000 Million
Dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred (100) lucky winners in this
category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Eurasian
representative office as indicated in your electronic play coupon. Our
Europe and Asia agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact our Eurasian Agent's
office. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies
and personal emails. Your winning funds has been Insured with your email
address and being deposited to our paying bank.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your fund remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

FILL THE BELOW FORM AND SEND IT BY EMAIL TO OUR CLAIM AGENT, FOR THE PAPER
WORK OF YOUR PAYMENT

Full Name.................................................
Address.....................................................
Nationality................................................
Sex..............................................................
Age.............................................................
Phone/Fax..................................................
Occupation.................................................
Next of kin:.................................................
Batch Number............................................
Reference No..............................................
Winning Number.......................................

BELOW IS OUR AGENT CONTACT DETAILS:

Name: Dr. Jeffrey Adams (Esq)
Telephone: +1 604 332 3819
E-Mail: drjfclaimagency@live.com

Congratulations once again

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary Raymond (Sec. Zonal Co-coordinator)


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