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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr & Mrs. Frances Patrick Connolly" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <MrmmssFrancesPatrickConnoly@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 10:09:42 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AMONG THE BENEFICIARY OF OUR CHARITY

I'm sincerely sorry for bugging into your privacy, my wife and I Mr & Mrs. Frances Patrick Connolly, who live in Moira, County Down, won the Euro Millions Lottery of £115 Millions British pounds. To show how dedicated we are to God my wife and I have vowed to share part of the money we won to Families, Friends and Charity donations to 50 individuals worldwide as our own charity project. We thought that there is joy in giving out to people from our pure heart, when you freely receive for success is of God.With the random list we got from google your email happens to be among the beneficiary of our charity donation. Please get back to us via our personal email for further correspondence (MrmmssFrancesPatrickConnoly@outlook.com) kindly send us the below details so that we can issue you a valid bank cheque or a bank transfer of £1, 200,000.00 British pounds.

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Best Regards,
Mr & Mrs. Frances Patrick Connolly
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46756469

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