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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: allahuakbar@uzotex.org
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:33:21 -0500
Subject: CHINA TOYOTA SPORTS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY China Sports Lottery
Operation and Management Co.,Ltd Address: China Sports Building, 8/F, C-3
Long-Tan Road, Chong Wen District Beijing PRC-100061, China.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We the China Sports International Lottery are pleased to inform you
about the announcement made today at the China Sports Headquarters you
have won a prize money of $ 550,000.00 USD in cash as one of the second
category winners for the random International E-mail Draw which is
Organized by the China Sports Lottery Technology Development Co., Ltd,
through random selection from all the email addresses of the 600,000
regular China Sports/gaming supporting visitors to our Chinese website
and a growing number of 16,000,000 supportersâ€™ and groups all over the
world from people email that are still active online.

Please be informed that your winning information's includes attached to
online random voucher ticket number 22-343-221-8756, with serial code
number 01132-0454-17 the lucky numbers 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 and winning
insurance number: FLS423/ 4501L /KYSA, Reference Number: SPDC-081511 and
consequently You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum
of Dollars $550,000.00 USD which is the winning present /amount for each
winner. This is from the total prize money of $ 17,000,000.00 USD shared
among the international winners in this category.

Kindly Contact your fiduciary agent [Mr. Cheng Lee Xiang] and give your
full detail for fund claim,

Contact Person: Mr. Cheng Lee Xiang
E-Mail: cheng@ctsill.com
E-Mail: co-ordinator@ctsill.com
Tel: 0086 159 1769 4217

Provide our agents with the below required informations,.

1. Full Name:
2. Home Address :
3. Country of Origin:
4. Age:
5. Telephone Number/Mobile/fax:

Note: For security reasons we advice all winners to keep their
information confidential from the public especially your batch ref and
reference number until after you recieved your awarded fund.

Congratulations once again.

Mrs. Zu Nan Yong
Online Co-ordinator
China Toyota Sports International Lottery.

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