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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: LOTTERY WINNING PRIZE <thomasonwilcox095@gmail.com>
Reply-To: LOTTERY WINNING PRIZE <terryjohnson908@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:15:46 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER.


UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
28 CROYDON ROAD LONDON =


Reference Number UK010105
Batch:1051/06
You are one of the Lotteries winning Prize. =

Your email has been selected as one of the UK lottery winning prize of =A3=
2,500.000.00 GBP. =

Kindly contact Mr. Terry Johnson for the claim of your winning prize fund =
with below email address.
Email: johnsonterry@representative.com
We ask that you keep your winning prize information Confidential your refe=
rence number and batch number until your claim has been proceed and your fu=
nd are been paid out to you in order to avoid double claim with someone els=
e. =

Best regards.
Thomason Wilcox
Mr. Terry Johnson our Representative Payment and fund claims Department. =

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Disclaimer:The information contained in this electronic message and any at=
tachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the address=
ee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential, or privileged information.=
If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distrib=
ute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy =
all copies of this message and any attachments.
WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient shou=
ld check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The co=
mpany accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted b=
y this email.
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