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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: "Consumers International (CI)t" <info@volwocom.cz>
Reply-To: ste68ven@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:38:37 +0530
Subject: Hello Sir/Madam {IMPORTANT}Re-confirm billing address

Ref: LVEAL/846756/2017
Congratulation; You have won £2,240,640.23

You have been shortlisted as one of the lucky beneficiary for the 2017 edition of customers superdraw promotion an annual draw organized by Consumers International (CI) the organization responsible globally for consumers right. An official notification was sent to your address on the 30th June 2017, if you have not receive yet received it, please kindly notify the claims office immediately to : ste68ven@gmail.com

Tel: +447031993695

We require you email the claims department for more details regarding this notification.

Best wishes,
Customer Service Team

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