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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: "F.I.F.A-L.O.T.T.E.R.Y" <info@dkeipp.de>
Reply-To: qawc2022@outlook.com
Date: 31 Aug 2022 14:14:06 -0300
Subject: RE: YOU-WON-FIFA-QATAR-LOTTO=$800,000

P.O.Box 8044 Zurich,
Switzerland.
Tel: +41-(0)43 222 7788
Contact Person: Qatari Mustapha Abdullah
Email: qawc2022@outlook.com

Dear Winner,

Please contact us for your winning amount of US$800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand US D0llars Only) in the FIFA-QATAR 2022 World Cup Lottery Promotions. Kindly contact our FIFA Agent with all necessary details as required below here. Please quote your winning number: FIFA/QATAR-2022/QA88400

Contact FIFA Agent:
Mr. Qatari Mustapha Abdullah
Email: qawc2022@outlook.com
Website: https://www.fifa.com

You should send the following details to the FIFA agent's email address above;

1) Full Names:

2) Mobile N0:

3) Country/Nationality:

4) Country Currently Living:

4) Male/Female:

5) Alternative/Other Email:

You have within 48 hours to reply and submit all necessary details. Failure to do this will lead to immediate loss of your winning prize.

Your winning prize must be kept confidential for security reasons until you have received/claimed your winning prize.

Congratulations once again from our FIFA-Qatar 2022 Team!!!

Yours Faithfully,

Qatari Mustapha Abdullah
FIFA Headquarters.
Global Claims Center
Switzerland.
Email:qawc2022@outlook.com

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