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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: "Robbert Miller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agent.bray.williams@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:05:44 -0700
Subject: Congratulations Microsoft Email User!!!


33 NINE ELMS LN,NINE ELMS,
LONDON SW11 7US,
UNITED KINGDOM

Congratulations Microsoft Email User!!!

Since the 4th Quarter of 2020 BILL GATES FOUNDATION has donated the total sum of 60.1 BILLION POUNDS as a grant scheme to help over 10,000 MICROSOFT E-MAIL users around the world. Each fortunate E-mail Address Owner got the sum of 6, 000, 000 . 00 GBP Each.

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/foundation-fact-sheet

Foundation Fact Sheet (At A Glance) | Bill Gates Foundation - Bill Gates Foundation.
Foundation Fact Sheet Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.

www.gatesfoundation.org

This has been a tradition of BILL GATES FOUNDATION and a way of giving back to the general populace. We will be giving out grants of the sum of 6,000,000.00 each to 10,000 lucky MICROSOFT E-MAIL USERS around the globe.

For more information contact Agent; Mr.Bray Williams, CONTACT E-MAIL; agent.bray.williams@gmail.com

Upon contacting him you are required to provide the following information below so he can proceed with claim processing.

Claim Ref No; G26HL21VRC31Z8242Y04401130469
Names;..........., Address;.........., Country/City.........
Phone Number;.......... Email;.............

Contact him as soon as possible to enable him to proceed with delivery of your donation payment fund which is in the form of ATM Card to your house address.

Regards,
Robbert Miller

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