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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. Steven Nickell" <gj5705700@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrstevenkell@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 11:04:53 +0300
Subject:

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Hello,

My name is Steven Nickell, On July 13, 2018, I was declared the winner
of $150.4 million Powerball jackpot, which claim one of Oregon largest
lottery win in the state's history. After much consultations with my
family, I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $500,000 to
you and your family, being part of our Charitable Donation Project to
financially support three (3) lucky people, your email was luckily
selected via a Google, Microsoft and Facebook sponsored email draws,
and we decided to put this on the Internet for the world to see.

In other to relinquish any doubts, to verify the genuineness of this
email and my winnings, please see the links web page below:

https://www.powerball.com/winner-story/oregon-man-claims-1504-million-powerball-jackpot

For the immediate release of these donated to you, send your full
names, country, age, occupation and mobile/telephone number so that I
can issue a Certified Cashier's Check in your name and have my
affiliate courier deliver it to your doorstep or my bank make a direct
transfer to you.

So do get back to me quickly via email with your details and preferred
option to receive your charitable donation prize.

Congratulations!
Steven Nickell.
Cell# (210) 920-6888

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