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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:
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- promotionloyaltyreward@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Loyalty Reward Promotion <promotionloyaltyreward@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:26:50 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
CONGRATULATIONS FROM SUPERENALOTTO TEAM Loyalty Reward Promotion 2022!!!
The Entire SUPERENALOTTO team are very happy to inform you that your Email
appear on the SUPERENALOTTO ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY and we are giving
out the total sum of US$3.5m) which is what you have just won.
This promotional program takes place every year and this year's online
draws was conducted at the SUPERENALOTTO headquarters.
Your E-mail account was picked randomly by the CEO himself and your
winnings reference number is SUL/T4088/66US.
For more information as regards your claims, contact NELSON WETE of the
claims department via e-mail address (promotionloyaltyreward@gmail.com)
with your
Full Name
Contact address
Phone number.
A copy of your identity
Your occupation
Thank you and More Congratulations.
Announcer from SuperEnaLotto.
Director of Comm. Public Affairs
SuperEnaLotto, Inc.
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