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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: pharm bennn <pharmbeee@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 08:21:48 -0700
Subject: Dear Lucky Winner,

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our International online
Lottery Program held on the 29TH day of JULY 2021. Your email
address attached to Ticket number: 27522465896-6453 with Batch Number:
538901527-Bc68 drew Ref. Number: 132/756/4509 which consequently won
in the 2ND category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
payout of £2,500,000,00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds).

To file for your claim, please contact our Fiducial agent using the
information below for further instruction on redeeming your winning
prize.

Name: Mr. John J. Billings
Email: onlinelottomrjohnjbillingsog@gmail.com

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 15TH of AUGUST
2021. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore should there be any change
of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations
once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of
our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Felix Mazer
International Lottery (co-coordinator)
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result in disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact
your claims agent directly.

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