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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: Mr/Mrs Frances and Patric <bellahendh2131@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <pfrances489@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 02:54:37 -0600
Subject: Donation, Charity ProjecT

Good day to you and your family ,My wife and I Frances and Patrick
Connolly from County Armagh in Northern Ireland .We Just Won 115 Million Pounds from the EuroMillions lottery jackpot Lottery draw. and we have decided to donate 1.5 million British Pounds (One million, five hundred Thousand British Pounds) each to to (50) Lucky individuals worldwide as part of our own charity project to show God our appreciation .You received this message because you have be listed as one of the (50) lucky Individual Selected.

To verify, please see our interview by visiting the web page below:
Kindly visit the link for more details about the Winning;

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46756469

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-61241436


Your email address was among the emails which were submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a web user; if you have received our email.

Please,kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your
1,500,000.00 British Pounds in your name or direct our bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your operational bank account in your country,

Full Name:
Mobile No:
Age:
Address:
Country:
Work :
Send your response to ( pfrances489@gmail.com )


Congratulation to You.
Best Regards,
Frances & Patrick Connolly

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