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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: "Mrs. Emma Williams" <stephli20080@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mew345220@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:43:48 +0200
Subject: Ref

2021 MICROSOFT YAHOO ANNIVERSARY AWARD NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that your active email address has won you a prize
money of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars Only) for 2021
Prize promotion which was organized by YAHOO, AOL & WINDOWS LIVE, MSN this
2021, YAHOO and MICROSOFT collects all the email addresses of the people
that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and
Hotmail and few from other email providers. Six people are selected to
benefit from this promotion and you are one of the selected winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed no later than 28th days, from the date of
Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER:
MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522, PIN: 1208 WINNING NUMBER:
45 07 33 25 14 48 And Bonus 11, These numbers fall within the Johannesburg
South African Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary
agent in Johannesburg South Africa and send your winning identification
numbers to her and also call immediately you send her your details.

CLAIMS MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION
Name: Mrs. Emma Williams
E-Mail: mew345220@gmail.com
Tel: + 27 73 865 5543

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims
Agent/Manager to facilitate the release of your fund to you. Also remember
to call her after you sent your details.

1. Full Name
2. Country
3. Contact Address
4. Age
5. Mobile Telephone Number
6. Sex
7. Occupation
8. Marital Status
9. Email Address

Congratulations!! Once again

Yours in service,
Susan Davies (Coordinator)

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to your
nominated bank account. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned!!!!!

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