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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "trunk box" (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)
- ",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)
- ",500,000" (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: "U.N/I.M.F Poverty Alleviation Program" <revgrant25634@gmail.com>
Reply-To: imfpovertyalliviatioprogram1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 01:02:14 -0800
Subject: Congratulations..

U.N/I.M.F Poverty Alleviation Program
3 Whitehall Ct, Westminster, London SW1A 2EL, UK

Sir/Madam:

We are pleased to inform you about the result of the United Nations
and the International Monetary Fund poverty alleviation program held
in UK on the 10th of October 2017. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number 107613205 and drew lucky numbers 7-22-18-23-11-44,
which consequently won in the 1st category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$ 1,500,000.00
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Only)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and nameâ€™s we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your MONEY is delivered to your
house. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and Unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 25,000 Company and 40,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world. This Poverty Alleviation program is
been conducted
every Four years.

Poverty Alleviation Program, was promoted by the Microsoft corporation
to compensate some few individuals with website and email addresses
and to Alleviate Poverty in
the world, we hope that with part of your winning you can help the
less privileges in your community.

Note. your payment was arranged to be paid via cash delivery in a
secured Trunk Box with box unlocking code: 4894, please contact our
delivery department with the below information so as to enable him
deliver your winning prize to your home address without any further
delay. also be informed that we do not disclose the box unlocking
codes to our delivery agents and in no condition should you let him
know until your fund is successfully delivery to your door-step

For immediate delivery please contact our Payment delivery Department
with the information stated below.

Name: Agent David Andrew Hill.
Email: info@zumolog.com
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While contacted the Delivery Agent please also forward below details to him.

Full Name:
Full Address:
Phone Number:
Winning Numbers:
Occupation:
Copy of your ID:

Remember, all winning must be claimed on or before 5th of January
2018. After this giving date all winning will be canceled and
unclaimed funds will be returned and
included in the next stake comes 2021. while contacting the delivery
office Please remember to quote your ticket number and drew lucky
numbers stated above in other
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.

Congratulations once more from our members and staffs and thank you
for being part of our promotional program.

Happy New year in Advance.

Sincerely yours,
Mr.George Scott. (U.N/I.M.F Poverty Alleviation Program Coordinator)

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