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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: SAMSUNG <vearadankata@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lookmanj06@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 09:24:11 -0700
Subject: Dear winner,

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SAMSUNG AWARD PROMOTION 2021
SAMSUNG CO-OPERATION UNITED STATES
Samsung House. Summit 85 Challenger Road Ridgefield Park, NJ USA.


Dear winner,
SAMSUNG AWARD PROMO 2021


This is an E - mail notification to inform you that Your ( Email
Address) has won you a cash prize of ( US$2,950,000.00 Million USD),
Seven Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars
(only ) Free Samsung Phones from selected Samsung phones with the
latest Free Gift ( Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus , Samsung Galaxy S21
Ultra, Samsung Galaxy A51 , Samsung Galaxy z Fold 2, and Samsung
Galaxy S21 Fold ) On our online award Sweepstakes promotional draws
July 2021 in United States , Reference Number NPDC- 081511.Batch
Number EUM QY-3LJ4. Ticket Number 085-MXW9.Serial Number 20910. United
States. The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
15, 000, 000 email addresses of Individuals and Corporate Bodies
Picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the
website. And you are one of the fifteen lucky winners. TO CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE CONTACT OUR CLAIM AGENT Mr. James Lowman.

Yours Sincerely.


These are your identification Claim numbers
Ref Number:Nawaprom US-11/9765
Batch Number: pomo/4445/samsung-009
Ticket Number: 908796554100
Serial Number: 00006

Tel:+1 (917) 819-1714
Samsung Co-operation,
United States

Your Personal information

Full Name :
Address :
Age :
Occupation:
Mobile Number:
Country :
Next Of Kin
Sex : Male
Name of your bank:
Account Number:

Nb: You should forward the filled form to processing officer
Mr. James Lowman Email: lookmanj06@gmail.com
For him to expedite your fund release.

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