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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. Colin & Chris Weir." <ubank4597@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ofile8911@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 12:48:05 -0800
Subject: Attn My Dear.

My name is Mr Colin Weir.On 12.07.2011, my wife and I won the Biggest
EuroMillions Jackpot of £161,163,000 GBP and

we just commenced our 2012 Cash/Charity Donation programme.

To verify our identity, please visit the web page below;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015539/Euromillions-winners-flee-Spain-begging-letters-pour-in.html

Your email address was submitted to my wife and I by the Google
Management Team and you received this email

because we have listed your email as one of the lucky beneficiaries,
Kindly send us the below details so that we

can issue a cheque for £1,500,000.00 in your name.

*Full Name:
*Country:
*Age:
*Occupation:
*Sex:
*Mobile/Tel:

Congratulations and Best of Luck
Sincerely,
Colin & Chris Weir.

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