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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: Edwin Castro <info@castro.org>
Reply-To: <eddycastro900@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 22:10:15 -0700
Subject: Donation Benefaction!!!

Good day,
This is Edwin Castro , the sole winner of November’s record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot in California. i purchased the winning ticket in early November in Altadena, California, matching all six numbers in the drawing.
i proclaimed that the real winner of the lottery winning is the california public school system, as the California's public school will receive $156.3 million in supplemental funds and the prize will be shared with other schools based on average daily attendance records.I also have rolled out financial initiative of giving 3 familes/persons 2 million dollars each , Below is the article about my win

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/14/us/powerball-winner-named/index.html

If you are getting this email i will say congratulations, you are one of the 3 lucky beneficiaries that was awarded this donation.

My Legal adviser and representative will need you to provide the following details:



FULL NAME:
SEX:
COUNTRY/CITY:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
PHONE NUMBER:
HOME ADDRESS:


I'll be awaiting your response so we can finalize the donation disbursement to your account as soon as possible.

Kind Regards
Edwion Castro
2022 November Power-ball Lottery winner

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