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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: Thomas Yi<service@real-ptt.net>
Reply-To: yithomas@aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 05:07:15 +0530
Subject: PLEASE, THIS IS URGENT

Hello,

I'm Thomas Yi, I recently won a Mega Million jackpot drawing on March 27, 2021 and agreed to donate $ 10,000,000.00 to you to be part of my charity and three (3) lucky people who provide financial support worldwide. Fortunately, your email was selected through a Google and social media sponsored email.


You can verify this by visiting the websites below and sending your answer back to me.

https://www.fox23.com/news/trending/florida-man-23-wins-235-million-powerball-becomes-states-youngest-jackpot-winner/NJCOR3L5KFEITFD7CMQJFF6MHA/

If you received this email you are one of the lucky winners. You only have to contact me via this email as I will check this regularly (yithomas@aol.com) with your details so that I can send your details to the payout bank.


Kind regards
Thomas Yi

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