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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: "UK Lottery Results and Winning Numbers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nationaallotte442023@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:19:35 +0200
Subject: YOU'RE WINNING PRIZE NOTIFICATION £3,000, 000.00:



YOU'RE WINNING NOTIFICATION

Attn: Lucky Winner

We congratulate you on the UK cash Award Winning Prize Notification of £3,000,000, however your email (ID) has won a total sum of £3,000,000 Million pounds of the United Kingdom which has been approved to claim.

Contact your claim agent for more information on the payment process, include your personal information for a smooth claim/payment.

For verification purpose, you're claim details are below:

Millionaire Raffle winning Numbers: LDV/40/41/44/UK
Winning numbers for Lotto: Am22mus/Ah566agl/2022
Ref No.06 08 010 19 30 42
Batch number: 2022/06/DC36.
Security code: 676

Congratulations once again.

Please Contact your Agent: John Richard Allen for immediate release of your winning fund (Amount.)

John Richard Allen
Email: nationaallotte442023@outlook.com

Mon - Fri: 9am to 5:30pm

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 9am to 11pm

Sun 9am to 3pm

All other days 9am to 5:30pm

All Lottery Game prizes must be claimed no later than the 365 days after the closing date of the particular Game. Any such prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited if you were one of the lucky winners.

Best regards,

Michael Matluck
Chair of the Communications Commission Member of the following Commissions:

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