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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: "RED BULL LOTTERY"<cyrus@kaicarmail.net>
Reply-To: redbulldlivery844@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:52:43 -0700
Subject: REDBULL AWARD 2018


Red Bull Company Limited Jalan Gasing, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Malay=
sia Tell: +601123437039 E-mail: redbulldlivery844@gmail.com United Kingdom =
Tel: +44 182 723 0264 Announcement!!! This is to inform you that red bull 2=
018 Customer's, year promotion held here in Malaysia and United Kingdom. Yo=
u have been selected as a lucky winner of =A31,000.000.00 GBPS,(great Briti=
sh pounds sterling) as our lucky winners. Contact--E-mail redbulldlivery844=
@gmail.com Dear Lucky Winner. Your EMAIL was drew from the world wide datab=
ase as a result of our customer's online promo draws held in Malaysia and U=
nited Kingdom, the Red Bull Lottery organization has been doing this promo =
for the past 3 decades and you are a lucky winner of =A31,000.000.00 GBPS, =
on this Customer's year Red Bull promo all you have to do is to fill this v=
erification form and submit back. Once again we congratulate you as our CUS=
TOMER'S RED BULL LOTTERY OF THE YEAR PROMOTION winner. For further step of =
your claims, you are advice to fill the claims form below and get back to u=
s for claim instructions within 72 Hours of receipt of this email. FULL NAM=
E:________ SEX:_______________ COMPANY: IF ANY ____________ FULL CONTACT AD=
DRESS:_________ PHONE:_________ AGE:____ CELL:____ FAX:____ CITY:_____ STAT=
E:________ ZIP CODE:______ COUNTRY: ______ OCCUPATION: _____ E-MAIL ADDRESS=
:_______ Have You Won Before: Yes Or No?______________ CONGRATULATIONS!!! Y=
ours sincerely, James Brown Email: redbulldlivery844@gmail.com United Kingd=
om Tel: +44 182 723 0264 Accept my hearty congratulations once again

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