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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: "Kelvin Miller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kelvinmiller16@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 09:36:48 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION March/03/2021
Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you that your email was randomely selected by MAIL DOMAIN, SUPPORTED BY GOOGLE, MOZILLA FIREFOX AND ALL THE BIG TECH.
The program was designed and promoted by EU in collaboration with US Government,UK and some other international institutes to support individual randomly due to the devastating effect of the COVID-19 that has ravaged the world economy. This has been one of the biggest in the world which aimed at changing the lives of millions of people. To enable us proceed with your claims, this information must be kept away from the public to avoid unwarranted abuse of the program or fraudulent claims by unauthorized person(s).
you are randomly selected as a LUCKY WINNER OF (1.5 MILLION DOLLARS) ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDS DOLLARS. This is to support you to start any business of your choice.This decision was made on 03-03-2021 in BRUSSEL.
To begin your claims, contact: Dr.Andre Walter finance disbursement manager of the foreign finance service manager/Remittance officer (EU) UK branch.E-MAIL: andrewalter@seznam.cz
+447537176010 Lines open Monday to Friday 9AM to 10PM, Saturday 9AM TO 6PM (GMT) for the processing and remittance of your Winnings. Also be informed that 5% of your Winning belongs to finance Securities, because they are the promotion company. You are expected to be in our UK Office to claim and sign your fund legalization documents and collect your winning cheque. If you are unable to travel to the UK, a diplomatic home delivery and Insurance fee will be paid by you to our accredited diplomatic Agent in UK or United States of America, before your winning certified Cashiers’ Cheque will be delivered to you at your home address. Consequently a Telegraphic Wire transfer could also be made directly into your bank account depending how convenient it is for you; however you must be responsible for the cost of Transfer. This is the responsibility of the winner.
Finally all winning must be claimed not later than May/30/2021. After this date, the entire Fund will be returned to the Ministry of Economy as unclaimed funds. Furthermore should there be any change of your personal details or address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

YOURS SINCERELY
Mr.Kelvin Miller
promotion manager
(EU) UK branch.

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