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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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Fraud email example:

From: egoughw@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:32:08 +0000
Subject: ALL NATION ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION RESULTS UPDATE!

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4KRrNUDG4hdKSn07eqnHcJPm4bdHEJbaxI4d4pOx8GGXiYw/viewform?vc

ALL NATION ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION RESULTS UPDATE!
(2020 MEGA-DRAW WINNER)
7 14 18 28 45

Attn: Email Account Holder,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 20th of Nov 2020. Your e-mail id
attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 drew
lucky numbers 7-18-28-31-45 which consequently won in the second category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $1,500,000usd
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only).

CONGRATULATIONS! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 90,500,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. This
promotional program takes place every new year. This lottery was promoted
and sponsored by eminent personalities.

To file your claim, please contact our fiduciary agents: Mr Luis .
Telephone number: +1 917 688 2895, Fax Line: +917 688 2895, Email:
mrluismasi@hotmail.com

Remember, all winnings must be claimed not later than 16 th of DEC 2020.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. To
avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your
reference numbers and batch numbers in all correspondence to our fiduciary
agents. Furthermore, should there be any changes of your address, please do
inform our agents as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,

Stella Phillips
(Program Co-coordinator)
ALL CONTINENT ONLINE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS.

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