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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: "Mr. Chibuike Bestson" <chibuikebest101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: onlinemolotteryinternationaldetg@aol.com
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 06:48:56 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION: DEAREST WINNER OF THE YEAR 2021.

ONLINE MO-LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT WEST AFRICA SECTION.
SUBJECT: PRICE AWARD NOTIFICATIONS.

ATTENTION: DEAREST WINNER OF THE YEAR 2021.

As part of the promotional draws, participants were selected using the
system computer voting composed of 100.5 million email addresses of
individuals and companies from all over the world as part of the
electronic program promotions designed to encourage Internet users
around the world.

Please note that your email address have qualified for a raffle as a
result of your various visits to various websites on the Internet, the
company address attached to number 230-365-3071, with serial number
710-43, attracted lucky numbers 8, 5, 6, 24, 19,34 and Bonus No. 51,
and therefore you won in the second category ONLINE FOR TUNE LOTTO
DRAW.

Therefore you have been approved for a payment of $1.8 Million US
Dollars which is your winning amount for the winners of the second
category, It’s from total prize pool of $38,450,000.00, which shared
between international winners in the second category, I wait to hear
from you for more details on this winning amount.

Congratulations! With respect, contact winning board director management.

Contact person: Contact Hon.Mr Chris Oranu
Office Direct line: +22896633579 Whats-App no.
Contact Email Address:( onlinemolotteryinternationaldetg@aol.com )
( odepartmentwestafricasection2@gmail.com )
Online MO-LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL WEST AFRICA SECTION.

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