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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: "Mrs Tanya Anthony" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cardreleasepin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 06:48:08 -0500
Subject: National Email Lottery Commission

Attention:

Do you know that the Treasury swallows £10bn every year from unclaimed lottery payments and winnings yearly?

When you sign up/register for an email account or make use of your email account within a specific time frame, your email is automatically registered into worldwide Domains and emails are randomly selected from these domains for a national email lottery draw which is done every three months and winners would be notified by lotto officials or consultants such as myself.

Your email has won the sum of $5,000,000.00 in cash. Your e-mail address attached to: Winning numbers 10-14-27-31-32-47-41 Bonus Number. ( 41) WVW309553. Once you respond to this email with your details as laisted below for claim, it would be verified and the your file would be authorised to begin payment process.

If however, you have received a previous notice about any fund or winnings but you have been unable to get it for what so ever reason, please also reply immediately with your name, address and phone number, so that your transaction can be processed and your funds made available to you within 72 hours.

Send your replies and details such as,

1) Full Name
2. Address:
3.Age/Gender
4. Occupation
5.Nationality
6.Phone Number ,
7. Amount Won ; to the Fiduciary Agent below:

Mrs Venessa Corona
Email: cardreleasepin@gmail.com

Regards,
Mrs Tanya Anthony
( National Email Lottery.)

Regards,
Mrs Tanya Anthony
( National Email Lottery.)

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