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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: "WCSP" <info@seehotel-schorfheide.de>
Reply-To: ralibili@mail.bg
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:04:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: -- OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. (W.C.S.P).

 


--
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.
(W.C.S.P).
Regional Office: 40 Denbigh Street,
Whitehall Ct, London SW1V 2HF,
United Kingdom.

We wish to inform you officially that your name was selected as a beneficiary for the World Covid-19 Support Program (W.C.S.P), And you have won a donation of EUR.5,000,000.00 (Five Million Euro), for the 2022 (W.C.S.P). Your Award Number: #865443009766COVID. This Program started in 2020 when so many families, Businesses and companies around the globe were locked down due to the troubles caused by COVID-19 pandemic, and the recent war between Russia and Ukraine. The United States and United Kingdom came together through several indoor conferences and initiated this global funding program to support people in different countries.

General Payment Terms And Conditions (GPTCs):

Your fund will be released to you through any of our regional payment banks within Europe, your file will be processed simultaneously, as directed by the authority UK/USA World Corona Global Humanitarian support program. You are to contact the procession department through the Coordinator, Email: at8781100@yahoo.com

You have to send these following information's to the procession department, through the General Coordinator (Prof.Adrik Tolinyev) for further procession:

** Full Name:
** Address:
** Date of birth:
** Age:
** Tel No:
** Occupation:
** Sex:
** Marital Status:
** Country:

Your donation of EUR.5,000,000.00 (Five Million Euro) is available to be released to you.

Congratulations on your donation!

Thank you.
(Prof.Adrik Tolinyev).
Email: at8781100@yahoo.com
(General coordinator).

 

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