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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: "Powerball Jackpot " <info@powerball.org>
Reply-To: pballonline@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2023 15:26:07 -0700
Subject: Dear Email WInner,

Dear: e-Mail Winner,

This is to formally inform you that you have won a prize money of $3,000,000.00 from Powerball Jackpot Your Email Address" were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. As part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected 20 people as our winners, through an electronic ballot System without the winner applying.

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age
6.Phone Number:
7.Country:
SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS

Congratulations!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Melissa Castellon

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