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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: "Thomas Morris Family" <donation@thomas.net>
Reply-To: familyofmorrison@icloud.com
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2022 04:29:42 +0800
Subject: *My donation gift for you*

I am Mr Thomas Morris my wife is Kathleen, we are the mega winners of $228.9
million dollars from the Power-ball Lottery company in Minnesota, We have a
donation gift of 7 million dollars for you from our Power-ball Lottery
Winnings. To support your family and also fight against COVID-19 and other
deadly diseases in your community.

If you are interested, please reply back for more details. Email;
familyofmorrison@icloud.com

WATCH US ON YOU-TUBE CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZs7YZSH1c&feature=youtu.be

We hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards
Thomas & Kathleen Morris.
Direct Email: familyofmorrison@icloud.com

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