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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: "Susan Algizre Morales" <cvopfd@jcom.zaq.ne.jp>
Reply-To: internacionalpromo@rediffmail.com
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 13:50:22 -0700
Subject: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION


The EuroMillions LOTTERY PROMOTION
MADRID OFFICE
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM THE PRESIDENT
The EuroMillions LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE ALLOCATION


OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear profit

We are obliged to let you know the result of the just completed monthly fin=
al draws of The EuroMillions LOTTERY PROMOTION and your email among the luc=
ky winners won for security reasons, Read the attachment in PDF formant for=
more information regarding your win.

Please contact Lucas Wagner about your win

Kind regards

Susan Algizre Morales
HEAD, ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
The EuroMillions LOTTERY PROMOTION
All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respecti=
ve owners.
Copyright =A92022. All rights reserved

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