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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: PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE <machadoadeli1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Prizepatrolteam@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:39:57 +0100
Subject: PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE.

PCH LOTTERY©

We wish to inform you that you have won ($2.000.000.00 USD) in our PCH draws.

Your email was entered for the online draw on this Free Ticket Number:
095-73816066-80 and won on this Lucky Number: 50-09-05-66-99-33-100.

To file for claim, please contact below: _________

CFO of Publishers Clearing House Lottery Organization
300 Jericho Quadrangle, Dept. 300 Jericho, NY 11753, United States,

E-mail: Prizepatrolteam@hotmail.com


_________ In your reply email,

You are to establish contact with the Following details below

Name:
Home Address:
Phone Number:
Country:
Profession:
Age:

Thanks Best regards,
Congratulations once again.
Bill Woodcock
Executive Director
Publishers Clearing House

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