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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: "EUROMILLIONS UNITED KINGDOM" <info@org.com>
Reply-To: bmwlttrdepartment019@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:22:39 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!!

EUROMILLIONS UNITED KINGDOM
Office Address: 61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-

We are happy to inform you via email that your email address
emerged winner in the EUROMILLIONS Lottery Electronic mail jackpot
during National Lottery annual global random draw winning that took
place in Atlanta USA, Your active e-mail address attached to our
computer data base during the annual random draw generated winning
ticket number : 56475600545188 as winnner of $4.5 million United
State Dollar in the EUROMILLIONS Lottery second category proportion
draw.

For security reasons we advise winners to keep winning information
confidential until they receive their winning, this is part of our
protective security measures to avoid claiming of your winning by
third party with fake identity.
Click on the link below for more prove about recent and past winners
https://www.thelotter.com/lottery-winners/
For more details about your winning prize contact the agent Mr.
Ausbert Williams for immediate processing of your winning by filling in
the information below

Full Name :
Home Address :
Gender :
Occupation :
Nationality
Age :
Phone Number :
Email :

Name: Mr. Ausbert Williams
Email: bmwlttrdepartment019@gmail.com

Mr. Mike Johnson
Foreign Service Manager
E-mail: Congratulations
Online Co-coordinator
Teresa Marie Roberts

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Disclaimer- The information in this email is confidential and may
be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the address and
others authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient
any disclosure copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on
its content is prohibited and may be unlawful.

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