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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: "Euro Jackpot" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pj875149@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2023 06:27:24 -0700
Subject: You've won the Eurojackpot!

This is a follow up to the letter mailed to your address announcing you as the eurojackpot winner of the for the 82nd Eurojackpot draw in 2023 that took place on Friday 13th October at 21:00 CEST (20:00 GMT) were your electronic mail with ascending numbers 16 23 30 37 41 with euro numbers 2 9 has won you the sum of €54,233,218 euros of the 82nd Eurojackpot draw.
We had an official letter sent to you but got no feedback.
Please confirm receipt of this notification by contacting claim director Mr. Peter Jones for more details.
Kind regards,
Customer Support
EURO-JACKPOT
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