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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: edward david <phillipwilliam344@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Edwarddaid@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 03:14:43 +1345
Subject: attention

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BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT CENTER
Washington DC. USA
REGISTER COMPANY NUMBER: 4533384

This is to inform you that your Email have won you a prize of ( $5.5
millions USD) and a brand new BMW car from the Yearly BMW Lottery
promotion United state of American which is organized by BMW Company
in conjunction with QuikTrip gas station â€œYour Email Address" were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nine hundred
thousand email from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected
20 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System without the
winner applying FOR THE RELEASE OF FUND
1. Full Name:
2. Full Address:
3. country :
4. Telephone number:
5. Nearest airport:
6. Occupation:

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