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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: Richard & Angela Maxwell <officefile309@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officialservice88@gmail.com
Date: 08 Aug 2017 01:50:25 -0700
Subject: Hi

Congratulation Lucky Winner.

My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of £53 Million
British Pounds and we have voluntarily decided to donate €1,000,
000.00 (One Million EURO) to 5 individuals randomly as part of
our own charity project.

To verify our lottery winnings, please see our interview by
visiting the web page below:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11511467/Lincolnshire-couple-win-53m-on-EuroMillions.html

After a computer spin-ball, your email address was among the 5
random emails which were submitted to us by the Google Inc as a
web user; if you have received our email, kindly send us the
below details so that we can transfer your €1,000,000.00 (One
Million EURO) in your name or direct our offshore paying bank to
effect the transfer of the funds to your designated bank account
in your own country.

Full Names:
Mobile No:
Age:
Full Address:
Occupation:

Send your response to{officialservice88@gmail.com }
Best Regards,
Richard & Angela Maxwell

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