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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: Frederick T <rndubue7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frederickiturner54@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 05:37:42 -0700
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

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Attn: Sir/Madam

As the year 2023 commences, some banks in Europe and outside Europe namely
BW Bank Germany, Lloyds Bank Plc UK, LACAIXA Bank Spain, Garanti Bankası
Turkey, Ulster Bank Dublin Ireland, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and others
happen to select their Raffle Draw (RD) and your name/E-mail appears to be
amongst the lucky winners hence this letter to you.

We officially wish to inform you that you are amongst those that will be
presented with a cash gift of Three Million Two Hundred and Seventeen Euro
at the final grand finale to be held in The 02 Arena London, United Kingdom
on the 28th of April 2023.

You are therefore requested to contact our representative Frederick Turner
via the below E-mail: frederickiturner54@gmail.com with all your
information and copy of your international passport to process your winning
papers/documents.

We thank you for your sincere regards and congratulations in advance.

Kingsley Martins

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