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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: Mic Adens <mic11adens@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:57:55 +0100
Subject: Congratulation
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.
If you are the correct owner of this email address then be glad this day as
the result of the UK lotto online e-mail address free-ticket winning draws
of preliminary season of june 2022 has just been released and we are glad
to announce to you that your email address won you the sweepstakes in the
first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of US$4.6Million.
Your email address was entered for the online draw on this Ticket Number:
APP236566301307 and won on this Lucky Number: MX029204378.
You are to contact mrs Helen white, our cashier officer....... on the below
email address for quick delivery of your won cheque of US$4.6M.
know that all winners cheque are certified cashiers and when delivered and
received by you, you can cash it in any bank of any country. To enable Mrs
Helen white Verify you as the rightful winner and receiver of the
$4.6Million cheque. MAKE SURE you include the below listed information in
your contact to her email address below
1.Your country of origin and country of residence/work.
2. Complete official names.
3.Amount won.
4.Free ticket and lucky numbers.
5. Date you receive this message,
6.Address where you wish to receive your won cheque ,
7.Contact telephone and mobile numbers. OPTIONAL :- [Sex, age,occupation
and job title].
Mrs. Helen white
Email-Address: Helenwhiitewhite@yandex.com
Just incase you are thinking of how you won without entering then know that
this very draw of the UK Lottery Organization in which you have emerged as
a winner was a free ticket online email address draws where thousands of
email addresses was collected from almost all world wide websites and used
for the online draws/sweeptakes and during winners selection your email
address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first
winnings category and entitles you to claim the cheque of US$4.6million.
Mr Michael Adens
correspondent.
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