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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: Roy Cockrum <admin@helpdesk.com>
Reply-To: <roympp212@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:09:49 +0000
Subject: Surplus Greetings,

Surplus Greetings,



If you have received this email then you are one of the lucky, fellow to

benefit from us. On behalf of myself and family I am



happy to inform you that I and my wife Roy Cockrum have chosen you to be

one of our beneficiaries on our $259.9 million Powerball



jackpot that held last Thursday.



Based on the win we decided that just 25 people be selected for this

benefit,

leaving each



beneficiary with 1 million us dollars each to better their lives because

we can?t enjoy it all alone, as the win is for sharing.



This might appear strange but it?s a reality, so do get back to us



quickly via

email at : roympp212@qq.com





Click below link to view it



https://gma.yahoo.com/man-took-poverty-vow-wins-259-8m-powerball-



142202216--abc-news-topstories.html



Surplus Regards,

Roy Cockrum

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