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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: "Tagged Team©2021" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <execsclaim@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:02:23 +0100
Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE!!

CONSOLATION PRIZE!!,
We Congratulate you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of E-MAIL LOTTERY organized by Tagged and Empowered by Google search AS. You have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of 2021 (tagged) Int'l draw. Participants were selected through a random search via computer ballot system drawn from over 2,500.000 emails as part of our 16 years anniversary promotion/COVID-19 consolation program.
Your e-mail was attached to ticket number 524198/0107, with serial number 121-0851 and lucky numbers 6-8-8-2204-9993, Consequently won in the First Category. You are therefore awarded a lump sum pay out of One Million Euro (€ 1,000,000.00) which is the winning payout for Category A.
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. 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 file for your claim, kindly email your CLAIMS Agent.
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Barr.S. Evangelia
TEL: +30 698 788 9132
Email : execsclaim@execs.com or execsclaim@gmail.com
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Find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every of your correspondence with your claim's agent. Reference Nr: LW/734-TG28713/02 and Batch Nr: RTN/39/9904/22TG. Congratulations once again from all our staff.
Tagged Team©2021

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