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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: WINNINGS <yusufaliyubaba11@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

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Dear beneficiary,
Congratulations to you and your entire family as we bring to your
notice, the results of the Second Category draws of E-Mail Lottery
Promo organized and sponsored by the British Columbia Lottery
Corporation (BCLC). We are happy to inform you that your email address
attached to Ticket # BB2841336405727 drew the Winning # 11 22 34 09 55
60 with bonus # 11 have emerged the winner of a total sum of
US$1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), in
cash credited to you. This is from a total cash
prize of US$150,000,000.00, shared among the first One Hundred (100)
lucky winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our Eurasian representative office as indicated in
your electronic play coupon.

Transaction committee will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds. All participants were selected
randomly from the World Wide Web site through computer draws system
and extracted from over 11,000,000 companies and personal emails. Your
winning funds have been Insured with your email address and being
deposited with a reputable bank. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your fund remitted to you.


Re-confirm Your Winning Information


Ticket #___________________________
Winning #_________________________________
Bonus #___________________________

Forward your Winning information to Mr Benjamin Garcia with the following email
address redacted@domain.name) So that he will reconfirm your
information and process your winning.


Note importantly that you might likely receive this email in your
inbox, spam or junk folder which happens as a result of your web host.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!!

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