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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: Mazer Felix <mfelixmazer@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:00:40 -0700
Subject: Ticket number: 27522465896-6453

Dear lucky winner,

We are pleased to announce to you about the result of our
international lottery programme that was held on the 16TH day of
OCTOBER 2021.
Your email address attached to ticket no. 645324658962752 and batch
no. Drawing538901527 – Bc68 Ref. no. 132/756/4509 was fortunate to
have won the jackpot in the second category. The amount approved to be
disbursed to you is the sum of 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred
Thousand pounds).
So to claim the jackpot prize as stated above, contact our duly
accredited agent by making reference to the information below so as to
get further instructions on how to claim your price.

Name: Mr. John Billings.
E mail: onlinelottomrjohnbillingsog@gmail.com.

Note that all winnings must be claimed not later than the 28th day of
October 2021, after this date all unclaimed funds will be deemed to
have been abandoned and obviously forfeited.
Also in other to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember
to state the reference no. and batch nos. in the correspondence, and
endeavor to avail our agent with all information most especially where
there is any change of address or other details in respect thereof.
We once again appreciate you for your continuous participation in our
lottery programmed.
N.B Anyone under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified from
participating in the lottery programmed

Yours's,
Mr. Felix Mazer.
International lottery coordinator.
Note: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of the winners
will lead to his/her disqualification.
Don’t bother to reply this e mail simply comply with the instructions
as stated above.

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