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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: "Jerry Moses" <info@faipco.com>
Reply-To: jerry_mosese@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 05:49:47 +0430
Subject: RE


Dubai
International Financial Center

Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai



FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE MEGA LOTTERY PICKER 2018 DRAW/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REFERENCE NUMBER: ABYM/BI/0999/171
BATCH NUMBER: SPA/2018-19W
March/29/2019




FINAL AWARD
NOTIFICATION

Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of the MEGA LOTTERY PICKER 2018 DRAW held on
October/22/2018; We try to reach you again, on this same address once more,
as our previous notification to you returned undelivered, Due to mix up of
names and numbers, undelivered mails were released again for final
notification on MARCH/27/2019. Your name attached to ticket number:
01890419 with serial number: 9912 drew lucky numbers: 4-13-21-27-36-38 with
bonus ball 45 which consequently won in the 3rd category, you have
therefore been approved the winner for a lump sum pay out of Four Million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($4,500,000.00) Congratulations!
Note: This is a tax-free draw and all participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from Over 40,000,000, people worldwide.

The program was designed and promoted by EU with collaboration of US
Government and some other international lottery institutes that include
EUROMILLONES DRAW etc. This has been one of the biggest ever played in the
world which aimed at changing the lives of millions of people. To enable us
proceed with your claims, this information must be kept away from the
public to avoid unwarranted abuse of the program or fraudulent claims by
unauthorized person(s).


To begin your claims, contact Barr. IDRIS DAVIDS M. the Foreign Service
Manager/Remittance officer of SAFETY SECURITYS.A. on TEL: +971-586-364-247
Email: idrisdavidschambers@consultant.com, Lines open Monday to Thursday
9AM to 10PM, Saturday to Sunday 9AM TO 6PM (GMT) for the processing and
remittance of your Winnings. Remember to quote your reference numbers in
all correspondence. And also be informed that 5% of your Winning belongs to
Safety Security, because they are the promotion company. Be advised that
you MUST be present in Dubai-UAE to pick up your winning cheque or you pay
a fee to your government agent for home delivery of your cheque to you.

Finally all winning must be claimed not later than December/10/2019. After
this date, the entire Fund will be returned to the Ministry of Economy as
unclaimed funds. Furthermore should there be any change of your personal
details or address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.


CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN
YOURS SINCERELY
HENRIK CRUZ


GENERAL SECRETARY







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