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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: "grace" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <justin09lewis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:31:03 +0200
Subject: {AD?} YOU HAVE GOOD NEWS.

TOYOTA MOTORS WORLDWIDE

Dear Winner,

WINNING NUMBER: WLD/TYT/0055-123-58

We are glad to inform you that your E-mail Address has won you the cash prize of USD$1,000,000,00 (One Million USD).

This was a computer ballot (NO TICKETS WERE SOLD) and email draw was conducted by TOYOTA MOTORS WORLDWIDE from a random list of email address of Individuals and corporate organizations picked and automated at a random computer selection from Top Level Domains (TLD) Database which your email address attached the Winning Number: WLD/TYT/0055-123-58 with Batch Number: 079/20/TT46 which won you the lottery in the 3rd category. To file for your claim please contact us your claim agent with the following information.

Full names and address, Your Age, Occupation,Your mobile telephone number.

Claims Agent.
Mr Justin Lewis
JUSTININTERMEDIATES .
59.Daganzo de Arriba - Madrid, Spain.
(justin09lewis@gmail.com)

Thanks
Mrs grace Eric
Vice President.



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