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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "ositabillingtonccb@y7mail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +442033182314
- +2347055042356 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "West" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pwest760@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:20:35 -0700
Subject: GOOD-NEWS

Congratulations.

Good news!

It is my pleasure to bring to your knowledge the settlement we agreed upon by Mr. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON, Head of State and current President of Federal Republic Nigeria and Mr. Barack Hussein Obama II current President of the United States of America subsequent on fundamental agreement reached by United Nations to pay all fraud victims we have their details.

Furthermore, we recovered sum of $2.2billion from fraudsters and Mr. Roshan Muhammad Salih the director Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and other philanthropists all over the world donated sum of $1.3billion for reviving and restoring fraud victims that were destroyed by heartless entities.

We have total sum of $3.5billion deposited in the World Bank that appoint Consolidated Credits Bank Ltd London to refund innocent persons captured and tricked by fraudsters and we are contacting you to urgently reconfirm your details to the financial institution below to enable them wire your fund to your designated bank account since your name appear in the first batch to receive your fund.

We discovered that your name and e-mail address won second prize on large-scale lotto random raffle purposely for encourage internet computer literate and the lotto corrupt officials refused to contact your to claim your winning prize worth USD$10million as they planed to divert your fund. Be informed that all the necessary have been done and you are advice to contact the paying bank below to enable them transfer your fund to your nominated bank account without any delay.

Bank name: Consolidated Credits Bank Ltd London

Chelsea House, West Gate

London - GB W5 1DR

United-Kingdom

The foreign consultant and delegate contact;

Person in wire department: Mr. Osita Billington.

Tell: +44 203 3182 314

E-mail: ositabillingtonccb@y7mail.com

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE: if you wish to receive your fund, from now henceforth do not communicate with any office/s or lawyer that we did not approved since I assure you all of them are scam artist.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Pascal D, West

Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO)

Ministry Of Finance, Federal Republic Of Nigeria

Telephone #: +234-705-504-2356

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