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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- nationallottery_claimoffice@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: National Lottery <sadkrodgers@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nationallottery_claimoffice@aol.com
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 18:25:39 -1200
Subject: THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
4740 E University Drive, Phoenix,
AZ 85034. USA
Ref: LNUS/2022/16/81/22
Batch: L2/S462-17

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#721) on the National Lottery Award
2022. Your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: 4175906-0112 with
Serial number 89074 which subsequently won you the jackpot prize. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $2,800,000.00 (Two Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) in cash credited to file
NLO/4895.02.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 Unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet
representative office as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your $2,800,000.00 would be released to you by any of our payment offices.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. Oliver Kohen.
Email: nationallottery_claimoffice@aol.com

Provide him with the information below:

NAME:
ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
SEX:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
DRAW NUMBER ABOVE:
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY:

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.S NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Online Co-coordinator for U.S NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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