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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: "CANADIAN LOTTO" <webprime2817@gmail.com>
Reply-To: claim.consultant@collector.org
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 23:36:07 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON CANADIAN LOTTO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT



=

1550 Princess Street =

Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3 =

Attention: Customer AFRSA680 =

Ticket Number: A956475604545100 =

Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/15 =

Batch No. Lotto H LS6/49 =

=

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Firs=
t Category draws =

of E-MAIL LOTTERY organized by the Canadian and United Kingdom Governments,
in conjunction with Lotto Sizzler International Annual Promotional Draw. =
We are =

happy to inform you that your valid e-mail address attached to =

Ticket Number.: A9564 75604545 100 , drew the Winning Number.: 1-18-24-39-=
44, with =

Hot Ball. : ( 6 ) Have emerged a winner of a total sum of USD$920,000.00(N=
ine Hundred =

and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars ) in cash credited to file =

No: HLS/160726000500008986/15, this is from a total cash prize of =

USD$11,230,000.00 (Eleven Million Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand =

United States Dollars ) shared amongst the first lucky winners in this ca=
tegory
Worldwide. =

=

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Asian represen=
tative =

office in (MALAYSIA) as indicated in your electronic play coupon. Our Asia=
n agent =

will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your fu=
nds as =

soon as you contact our Asian Agent office. All participants were selected =

World Wide through a computer ballot system drawn and extracted from over =

10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails from Asia, Saudi Arabia, Africa, =
Europe,
South America and North America. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed =
and your =

money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. =

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements. =

=

To file for your claim, please fill the form below and send it to our corr=
esponding
payment agent in Asian, (MALAYSIA) who will handle your winnings processi=
ng for =

quick and urgent release of your fund to you. Contact information is as fo=
llows; =

=

MANAGER GRAPHIC TRUST AGENT =

REPRESENTATIVE OFFICER MALAYSIA
No. 27, Lrg Bunga Melati 2A 56100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia =

Contact Person: Mr. Dave Kumar
Tel/Fax +603 7610 1864 =

Contact E mail: claim.consultant@collector.org
=

Nationality:.................................................... =

Address:........................................................ =

Ticket Number:................................. ............ =

Winning Number:......................................... =

Reference Number:...................................... =

Sex:............................................................... =

Age:.......................................................... ..... =

Occupation:.................................................. =

Phone/Fax:.................................................... =

Amount won:................................................ =

=

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that=
has
ensured that you won this competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program =

Yours Sincerely, =

Ms. Patricia Atkins (Sec. Zonal Co-coordinator.) =

NOTE to confirm that you have the winning number for the draw date 9/30/20=
17 do =

confirm under, http://www.powerball.com/hotlotto/hl_numbers.asp =

=A9 Copyright=A9 Multi -State Lottery Association =

=20

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