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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: "Euro-Millions Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oa6443845@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 00:42:39 -0700
Subject: Congratulation: You're a winner!

CONGRATULATION!!!
 
With reference to the 1,402nd EuroMillions draw took place on Friday 26th February 2021 at 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) and the winning numbers drawn were:
 
Lucky numbers 6.12.22.29.33 Star Number 6-11 Millionaire Maker: XDPK20778 serial number XDPK72159 Prize credited to file EURO/20778/2021.
 
An official letter was sent to your address. Your email address has been awarded the sum of £10,228,864.30 GB pounds. Kindly, confirm receipt of this notification by contacting your claims officer Mr. Kennith William for more details.
 
visit the link https://www.euro-millions.com/results/26-02-2021 to view your winning details as published on the Euro-Millions site.
 
Euro-Millions prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the draw date. This is a confidential mail sent to ONLY winners of this draws. If you have any questions, please contact our customer support.
 
Kind regards,
Peter Jones
Customer Support
EURO-MILLIONS
UK Regional Office
Acorns Oakwood Park Business Center
Fountains Road Bishop Thornton, Harrogate
HG3 3BF, UK.

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