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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: department winin <ba9142908639@gmail.com>
Reply-To: departmentwinin@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:08:34 +0000
Subject:

Dear winner

This should inform you that you have won the prize of ($1 600 000) for
the 2022 bonus awards organized by Molottery, Yahoo, Google, AOL,
Windows Live, and other social networks Covered by the IMF the
director.

Molottery, Yahoo, Google, AOL, Windows Live, collect all of the e-mail
addresses of people who are online, among millions, to subscribe to
Yahoo, Google, AOL, Windows Live and several other email providers. 15
people are selected to benefit from this winning, and you are one of
the selected laureates.

The winners will be paid according to his/her clearing house. Yahoo,
Google, AOL, Windows Live premiums must be declared at least 14 days
from the draw notification date. Any award would not be approved
during this period; therefore, you should contact the fiduciary agent
with your detailed information so that they will speed up action to
process your transfer of funds or release your fund by ATM VISA.

Your identification numbers are as follows:

Saturday, Sep 03, 2022
Winning identification numbers: 9-18-28-38-42-43
Amount: $1.6 Million

These numbers are located within the location of the file Bank of
American bank United State, ask you to contact the agent of the
fiduciary of the Bank of American and send your winning identification
numbers to him;

Fiduciary agent
Contact Email :(departmentwinin@gmail.com)

You are advised to contact our trust agent to facilitate the release
of your fund for you.

With respect in the service.

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