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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: mrs.rebeccamorgan101@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:42:28 +0000
Subject: Congratulations you are a lucky winner

Untitled form

To fill it in, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYASkG21O4-ZnIMCrIHrWsoO8COpfVfLQwdBUW3A40txTLhA/viewform?vc
Congratulations your Facebook account has won $2.500,000,00 in the on-going
facebook Covid-19 end of year relief lottery promotion 2020. Contact E-
mail : users_y36@yahoo.com or Mrs Elizabeth Smith via Phone +1
567-259-6890 with your reference number (FB-225-2020)

Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information:

Your full name_________________________
Your address__________________________
Your country___________________________
Your age______________________________
Your occupation________________________
Your Phone number______________________

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