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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: winningaward <lottoaward9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: atm_visacardoffice@t-online.de
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:20 +0000
Subject: DEAR LUCKY WINNER !!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Date: Tuesday 26th January 2021 03:41:54 +1200
Subject: CONTACT:FOR YOUR PRIZE YOU WON
Website/ www.lotto.nl

The Acculotto Group Organization Collaburation with New Zealand lotto
award, Operators of The National Lottery.

12th AVENUE KWAME NKRUMAH 01 BP, ouagadougou Burkina Faso,
REF Nº:AL/74-A0802742020.
BATCH Nº: 2020AL-01
REF Number: AL/74-A0802742020

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
First Category draws of THE LOTTO PROMO INT We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part
of our promotional draws.

The draws are being officially announced today 26th January 2021.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of
our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 20511465463-7655, with
serial number 472-9768-79 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-55 and
consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been
awarded a lump sum pay out of €2.500,000,000,00 (Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand Euro), which is the winning payout for Category A
winners. This is from a total cash prize of €20,000,000.00 {Twenty
Million Euro) shared amongst the first Eight (8) lucky winners in this
category.

CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.In your best interest
to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you
keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice
until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and
your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this
program.Please contact Eco-Bank through the (International Remittance
Dept)immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference
and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your
correspondence with claims agent.

REF Number: AL/74-A0802742020
BATCH No: UOS/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No:20511465463-7655
SERIAL No:472-9768-79
LUCKY No:8-66-97-22-65-5

To claim your funds, please contact your claim officer.

International Remittance Department.(Eco-Bank)
Contact Director: Mr Ibrahime S. Zongo.
E-mail: atm_visacardoffice@t-online.de

Your are advice to provide him with the following bellow?

Personal Verification Form:

1.) Full Name:
2.) Age:
3.) Sex:
4.) Address:
5.) Zip/Postal Code:
6.) State/Province:
7) Country:
8) Phone:
9.) Occupation/Position:
10.) Company:
11.) International Passport;
12.) Email Address:
13.) Ref Nº:
14.) Batch Nº:

Bank account information;

15.) Account Name;
16.) Account Number;
17.) Bank Name;
18.) Bank Address;
19.) Iban;
20.) Swift Code;

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,

The Management,
Lottery Organisation.

N.B: All claims must be completed within 7 working days of notification.

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