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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: "Mrs Linda Campbell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.whatsapp@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 07:02:15 -0700
Subject: Congratulations Dear

Congratulation's Email User.
This Letter is to officially inform you that your E-mail address emerged as a winner in the 2023 Whatsapp International lottery Council email Draw/ promotional Award. This is a notification of the just concluded final draws of the WHATSAPP International Council Promotional E-mail Lottery held on the 25th of January 2023,Its a way to appreciate your commitment to WhatsApp and the impression you have given other people about WhatsApp.
 
Your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: 577-744-3465-E77 with serial number: MMPL02 and draw lucky number: 7181813-05 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category "B" of file number: FA1305U-ID. Batch Number: B17 Reference Number. MMPL03052022, You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of us$1,000.000,00 Dollars (One Million United States Dollars.) and a Brand New 256GB iphone 14 Pro Max.
 
No Lottery tickets were sold. This is an online world email draws conducted from an exclusive list of individuals' email and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web.All participants in this lottery program were selected randomly through a computer ballot system, drawn from 85.000.000 individual email addresses from all search engines. All email addresses were picked by the automated computer ballot system, which has been programmed for this random selection. After this automated computer ballot, your email emerged as one of the winners in category "B" with the followings winning details:
 
Ref Number: MMPL03052022
Batch Number: B17
Serial Number: MMPL02
 
This promotional program takes place annually, promoted and sponsored by the WHATSAPP International  Council, With the support of American & European corporate companies and organizations in collaboration with the United States Government to help improve the present standard of  game and to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide.
 
To claim your winning prize contact the International  Council (WHATSAPP) Promotion regional claims verification office Via below details.
 
Contact Person: DR. KEITH J.MORGAN
 
E-mail:    info.whatsapp@aol.com
 
Please contact our verification department for proper verification and payment, provide the following information as indicated below and send it to email: (
info.whatsapp@aol.com )
 
1. Your Name:...............
2. Your Address:............
3. Country:.................
4. Your Whatsapp............
5. Home Phone No:...........
6. Occupation:..............
7. Sex:.....................
8. Age:.....................
9. Won Before:..............
10. Annual Income:..........
11. Ticket Number:..........
12. Serial Number:..........
13. Draw Number:............
14. A copy of your id:......
15. Photo of you................
 
Your prize award has been insured with your email and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirement of the gaming board authority (G.B.A) which includes your statutory obligations. This process will not take more than 2 to 5 working days to enable you to receive your winning amount without much delay.
 
For security purposes and clarity we advise that you keep your winning information confidential, and not to be disclosed to anyone until your claim has been fully processed; this is to avoid wrong and double claims.
 
Best Regards,
Mrs.Linda Campbell.
Whatsapp Admin.

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