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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- bryan_bouchet@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: INTERNATIONAL MONITORING NETWORK SYSTEM <missjoygoodman6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: internationalmonitoringn@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:14:17 -0400
Subject: Making the world a better place

ATTENTION:

This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you
that we have completed an investigation on an International Payment in
which was issued to you by an International Lottery
Company(Lottoland). With the help of our newly developed technology
(International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that your
e-mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting
System, this has legally won you the sum of $1.4million Dollars from a
Lottery Company(Lottoland) outside the United States of America.
During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money
from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to
be paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.

Your email ID won during the Mega Millions International Lottery,
Megamillions, Monthly Play, Thunder ball, Hot picks which is an
internet giveaway program whereby email addresses extracted from the
internet, and the winners selected from a ballot draw.

Note, that tickets are not sold anywhere for this program; hence, your
e-mail address subsequently won you in the 3rd category, i.e. match
five plus bonus.
You have been approved for over two months to claim a total sum
$1.4million Dollars credited to file GOLDEN/9GM/EA2948-910.

Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL
CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT by your local bank. We have successfully notified
this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a
registered bank within the world winded, so as to enable you cash the
cheque instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of
$1.4million Dollars has been deposited with IMF.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to
receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction
to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have
been deposited with IMF you will be required to contact directly to
the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in
Burkina Faso In order to proceed with this transaction. Kindly look
below to find appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Bryan Bouchet
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS (bryan_bouchet@yahoo.com)
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE
COUNTRY:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR ID CARD:

in order to immediately ship your prize of $1.4million Dollars via
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include the
following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify
this transaction : GOLDEN/9GM/EA2948-910. This letter will serve as
proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation has authorized you for
this payment.

Congratulations to all lucky winners

Yours Faithful
Dr.Kim Yoon
Secretary

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