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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: "Roy Cockrum" <fax@mitsumine-kk.co.jp>
Reply-To: cockrumroy2012@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:55:56 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you


Compliment of the day to you,
My name is Roy Cockrum, (Chief Executive Officer of Roy Cockrum foundation=
s ) born and raised in the area of Knoxville, Tennessee. After winning my P=
ower ball Jackpot of $259.8 Million, I promised God that I will do the righ=
t thing to his glory by investing 50% of my money to charity in helping hum=
anity starting from 2019.My foundation picked 360 lucky people/family to be=
blessed from registered email addresses provided to me by Microsoft list/G=
oogle list/Facebook users. I may not know you, but I believe if you were =
chosen by God to receive my grant donation of US$.275,000.00 USD. You must =
be a God-fearing individual; I am a Christian and I believe that Good thing=
s happen to those people who wait and also believe in faith and in truth. =
Information just reached my office from the Citcokeycrop Bank which is our=
contracted paying bank stating that some selected beneficiaries were unabl=
e to come for their claims there by leaving their grant funds in the bank. =
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: All of Mr. Cockrum's Foundation gifts and donations hav=
e been made! No new gifts or donations to strangers will be coming in the f=
uture! This is why we are trying to pay out all unclaimed donation amounts.=
Be assured you stand no risk as this is my money, for source and verific=
ation Please you can read more about me by Viewing this: http://www.dailyma=
il.co.uk/news/article-2679967/Tennessee-man-claims-259-million-Powerball-pr=
ize.html Having gone through the unclaimed payment files , Your name was =
among the selected beneficiary to benefit from my donation but was not paid=
due to several emails being sent to you that came back undelivered and sti=
ll unreachable by phone. =

Let it be known that my foundation has stopped giving out grant donations =
but we are trying to reach out to the list of names that could not get thei=
r payment once again to see that all selected beneficiaries get paid. If yo=
u have the opportunity to receive this notification, Send your Formal Appli=
cation with payment sort Identification code: FRB/USTD/022 as follows for i=
mmediate attention and payment to you. =

=

May the Good Lord bless you. Mr. Roy Cockrum E-mail:- cockrumroy2012@gmail=
.com =A9 Roy Cockrum Foundation

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