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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: "Ismaya Kabul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ljazzyrealtyllc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:10:03 -0800
Subject: Re: You have won USD$1,500,000.00

Asian welfare lottery
st.218, Plov Lom road,
Tuek Thla village,
Teuk Thla commune,
Sen Sok district,
Phnom Penh. Cambodia
Dear lucky Winner,
 
Congratulations
 
We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of the (Asian welfare lottery) of cash prize USD$1,500,000.00 held in Indonesia.The selection process was carried out through random selection in Our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 55,000,000 worldwide email addresses.
Note: Your winning pin is AWL 07/2023/070100. You are to keep your pin and winning confidential for security reasons and also to avoid dual claims.
Please contact our Indonesia Claim agent Mulyadi Supardi with the below required information.
Agent Name: Mulyadi Supardi
Email: supardimulyadi6@gmail.com
1.Name in full:
2.Your Address:
3.Nationality:
4.Copy of your ID card or international passport:
5.Occupation:
6.Sex:
7.Phone/Fax:
8.Present Country:
Winners are advised to keep their winning details from the public to avoid Fraudulent claims
Staff of the Asian welfare lottery are not Authorize to partake in this Lottery
Yours faithfully,
Ismaya Kabul
LOTTERY CORDINATOR

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