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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: "Mr. Joel TOURE" <unionw187@gmail.com>
Reply-To: josephonwude2@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 22:04:47 +0100
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

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Dear Lucky Congratulations from the lotto company. First of all, I
want you to know that this is not a scam mail because based on what is
going on all over the internet worldwide people find it very difficult
to believe things like this anymore.

Your name with your email attaches/ emerges the winning (850,000.00
Euros) by international software organization and your Winner Number
ID (77013460797). What you have to do to have your winning money is
just a day processing, Open the document below, print it out and fill
all the requirements field.

Secondly after you fill the requirement fields scan it back and send
it to this email address and attach your photograph to it. After we
receive this form back from you, you will pay the sum of (50 Euro)
ONLY, for the Government clearance to obtain a Legal Court Clearance
certificate from the Ministry of Justice (HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE) here
in Burkina Faso before your check can be signed for Payment of your
winning money to your bank account in your country within 3 days.

Why will you pay Government tax? Answer. Immediately a winner has been
chosen / selected from the head office of free email lotto, the
winner's profile will be sent to the Government Department to keep and
when the winner has been contacted, he or she must pay a tax to let
the Government be sure that the winning money goes to the right
person. And you shall receive your winning prize into your bank
account in your country within 3 days.

Important Notice:
It’s not possible for any winner to collect his winning money without
paying the (50 Euro) Government clearance fees tax. Secondly, it’s
not possible for any agents to pay or deduct this amount from the
winning amount. We don't accept bribes or gifts from any staff. We
waiting to hear from you to able us to send you the payment
information.

Congratulations josephonwude2@gmail.com

Mr. Joel TOURE

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