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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: THE MEGA LOTTERY PICKER 2023-LOTTERY SOFTWARE FOR POWERBALL <glrvmrgn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:19:45 +0000
Subject: Congratulation

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MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY PICKER 2023 DRAW/PRIZE AWARD DAPT.
REF NUMBER: MHC/CO/0777/391
BATCH NUMBER: UK/2022-23W
FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION
Winning Numbers: ( 8 )( 16 )( 26 )( 10 )( 33 )Bonus ball: ( 39 )

DATE: MARCH/21/2023.

We noticed that some prizes remain unclaimed and your email ID appears to
be among the lucky winners who have not filed for the claim of their award
prize.

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 are 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
of One Million United States Dollars, credited to file GOLDEN/7GM/01082

We have authorized this win to be paid to you via the International Bank
Draft. You are required to settle the courier fee directly to the Lottery
Agent in-charge to send the Bank Draft to you from Accra-Ghana through
Ghana Postal Courier Company. The shipping fee is US$299.00.

This charge is for Issuance and the shipping of the Bank Draft to your home
address. You are required to contact the agent in-charge (Mr. John Brian)
via email. Kindly look below to find his contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. John Brian
EMAIL: johnbrian360@aol.com
Tel: +233 598 007 204
WhatsApp number: +233 598 007 204

Kindly confirm your details below so as to enable us send your Bank Draft:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT NUMBER:
A COPY OF YOUR ID CARD:

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!

Sincerely yours,
Gloria V. Morgan
Mega Millions International Lottery
International claims agent.

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