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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: Mo-Lottery <michaelcarter.bureau@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidjohnsonbureau@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:28:35 +0100
Subject: U.S International Lottery Promotion Prize Winning Notification.

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U.S International Lottery Promotion Prize Winning Notification.

We are pleased to notify you about the recent U.S lottery draw of this
Date: (Saturday, Mar 12, 2022) This lottery games were conducted through
the online "ISP" of the exclusive List Of 250,000 active E-mail Addresses
selected online; Fortunately enough, your email address appeared in the
first box as the jackpot winner of Three Million Two Hundred Thousand US
Dollars ($3,200,000.00 USD) Saturday, Mar 12, 2022 under the following
lottery draw references:

BALLOT No: ---------- 9831/MO22.
BATCH No: ----------- 15500/2022/MO.
JACKPOTS DRAW No: --- (9)(12)(15)(36)(39)(41)
TOTAL AMOUNT WON: --- $3.2 Million USD

For your confirmations, please visit the U.S-Missouri Lottery website link
below to confirm your Draw Number including the date it was played.

Website: https://www.lotteryusa.com/missouri/lotto/year

Please be informed that the above-mentioned prize has been approved and
awarded to you as the rightful beneficiary; We are hereby advising you to
urgently contact our licensed representative/payment coordinator in London,
United Kingdom; Mr. David Johnson for further guidelines on how to receive
your payment from our recommended paying bank.

Below is the E-mail contact of our representative/payment coordinator in
London:

Contact Person: Mr. David Johnson
Email: davidjohnsonbureau@gmail.com

Promotions Manager.

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