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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: "MR.WILLIAM BEN" <musamsani0@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:
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BMW LOTTERY WINNERS 2022
300 Chestnut Ridge Road
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a
brand new 2022 BMW X6 and a Check of Three Million Five Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars ($3,500,000.00) from the international
balloting programs held on the 2nd section in the UNITED STATE OF
AMERICA.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world
which you were selected. However, no tickets were sold but all email
addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation
and privacy.
The BMW Lottery is approved by the United States Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary
claims department for more information as regards procedures to the
claim of your prize.
Name: Michael Thompson
Email: redacted@domain.name
Tel no: +1 208-517-4330
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information
as soon as possible:
1. Name In Full:........
2. Residential:.........
3. Nationality:.........
4. Age :................
5. Sex :................
6. Occupation:..........
7. Direct Phone:........
8. Present Country:.....
9. Email address:.......
10. pin code Number BMW:245125HGDY03/23
Please, you are to provide him with the above details as soon as
possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize
winnings.Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotional program.
MR.WILLIAM BEN
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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