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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: "Mr Jotta A Jotta" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jottaa@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 19:30:14 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

You are among those randomly selected as a winner by E-mail Electronic Online Lottery Organized by the European Lottery, you have a good reason to celebrate, as one of the largest official winner in lotto promotion program in European lottery . Out of the total amount won worldwide ($ 7,347,200,000.00). You won One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 1,200,000.00) in the last category.

We wish to congratulate you on your success in the official publication of the results of the lottery winners. At this time, complete privacy and secrecy is required to avoid double claim on your winning. Keep this winning to yourself until you are able to claim the money from the bank. Your fund will be transfer to you via MasterCard ATM, Bank Draft or Bank Wire Transfer. Alternatively, you may visit our office.

Your Ticket Number are (01) - (02) - (11) - (29) - (47) to start the processing of your Claim we implore you to Fill out the below information and send it back to us: EMAIL US HERE jottaa@yahoo.com

Full name:
Date of birth:
Occupation:
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Current address:
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Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Sincerely
Mr Jotta A Jotta
Managing Director
+34 631 445 058

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