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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/Mrs Pat Connolly" <nanaayam@gmail.com>
Reply-To: patconnolly2020@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:47:23 +0300
Subject: MY COVID-19 DONATION TO YOU

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Congratulations Dear,

I and my wife Mr. & Mrs. Connolly. would like to offer you this
donation as part of our small contribution to support the victims of
the COVID-19 pandemic. We are the proud winner of the British Jack
Port lottery in January of £ 114,969,775. From the amount we won, we
founded a foundation to help people at work. We contacted social media
and the major online platform to identify random people with your
email address selected as a benefactor. We sincerely ask you to be our
correspondent to reach other victims near you by helping with food and
drugs and other less privileges to make a living with part of this
donation. Below you will find a link to our press review of our
winning videos and the winning presentation.

Visit link https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46756469

To claim your donation, please provide me with the following
information for review before transferring the donation.

your name:
your phone number:
Your country of residence:
Your home address:
Occupation type:

Thanks as soon we here back from you the donation details will sent to
you for claim.

Sincerely,

Mr/Mrs. Pat and Frances Connolly.

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