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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: stallion stinger <stallionstiinger@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 01:56:01 -0800
Subject: Your winning !!!

ALL NATION ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION RESULTS UPDATE!
(2021 MEGA-DRAW WINNER)
7 14 18 28 45

Attn: Email Account Holder,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 20th of Dec 2022. Your e-mail id
attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554
drew lucky numbers 7-18-28-31-45 which consequently won in the second
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
$1,500,000usd (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only).

CONGRATULATIONS! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 90,500,000 individual email addresses from all over the
world. This promotional program takes place every new year. This
lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities.

To file your claim, please contact our fiduciary agents: Mr. Isik Mohamed .
Telephone number: +1 206 249 7163 , Fax Line: +1 206 249 2345.
Email : abkiiaab@accountant.com

Remember, all winnings must be claimed not later than 20th of Feb, 2023
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your
reference numbers and batch numbers in all correspondence to our
fiduciary agents. Furthermore, should there be any changes of your
address, please do inform our agents as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,

Stella Phillips
(Program Co-coordinator)
ALL CONTINENT ONLINE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS.

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