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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: Jun Cheng <dipjuncheng@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidmcwhite1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 04:23:22 +0100
Subject: Your Winning Notification...

UK EMAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM
DEAR SIR/MADAM,

This is to inform you about the result of our Lottery DRAWS HELD on
the 19th of January, 2018 and announced on the 12th of February, 2018.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with
serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which
consequently won in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay of GBP 1.3Million (One Million Three Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds). Note that all participants in this
lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 400,000,000 individual
email addresses from all search engines and websites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent world personalities like the (SULTAN of Brunei,
Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc., and other corporate organizations). This
is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For
security purpose and clarity, (we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and
your money remitted to you.) This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. We look forward to your active participation in our next
year US $500 million slot. Please note that Winners of the Lottery are
paid via our payment center here in UK. Therefore you are required to
contact our Payment Coordinator:

Mr. David McWhite
Telephone: + 44 - 207-183-8629
E-mail: davidmcwhite1@gmail.com

All winnings must be claimed not later than 5th of March, 2018. Please
note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember
to quote your WINNING NUMBERS, SERIAL numbers, and TICKET numbers in
all correspondence. Furthermore, if should there be any change of
address do inform the coordinator as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our
promotional program. Once again you are required to reply to this
address: davidmcwhite1@gmail.com for your prize payment.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Jun Cheng.

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