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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: "Mrs. Mania Maria El-Endari" <mrs.maniamariaelendari@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:32:53 -0800
Subject: Congratulations!! Once again

AMERICA/EURO MILLION EMAIL ON-LINE
2645 Long Lake Road
Roseville, MN 55113, USA


Attention Lucky Email-Lotto Winner,

we hereby bring to your notice the result of the online-email Lotto
Draw held last week. Your email address attached to ticket number:
{awp-lax1182/21} Ref. Number {AEUPB991327821} drew the lucky number:
{USol917701116000}, in the 5th category of this system of lottery that
goes with only email addresses which was chosen randomly, it is used
to assist people because of the COVID-19 PANDEMIC resurgence.

You are therefore approved to claim $1,000,000.00 in cash, to file for
claim just use this code: {KPC/MFI/06/AOL-43658}

Note: You do not buy ticket for winning in this last category because
all participants were selected from World Wide Email addresses through
our computer draw system extracted from over 1, 000,000 email
addresses globally.

You are advised to keep your winning information confidential until
your prize is remitted to you. It is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. "Please be warned".

To file for your claim immediately, direct your reply to our fiduciary agent

Agent George Robert Gill
1. FULL NAME: ............................
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: ....................
3. PHONE OR FAX NUMBER: ......................
4. NATIONALITY: ...........................

WARNING! Winners should not exceed 14 days from the date of this Draw
Notification to claim their Prize. Any prize not claimed within this
period will be forfeited. All winning information should be private &
confidential for security reasons

Congratulations!! Once again

Regards
Head of Customer Care Service
Copyright©2021 EURO-MEGA-MILLIONS

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