419 scam: Amilia Son <amilia2580@gmail.com> Your funds are ready....

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: Amilia Son <amilia2580@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 01:12:06 +0100
Subject: Your funds are ready....

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The Entire Facebook team are very happy to inform you that your name
appeared on the Facebook Online Email Lottery. We are giving out the
total sum of One Million United States Dollars.
THE NUMBERS BELOW SHOULD BE SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL, UNTIL YOU FINALLY
GET YOUR PRIZE MONEY: Serial Number: (68625751907) Ticket Number:
(7836980545189), Ref No: (255126278102/2526)
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications. please remember to
quote your TICKET, REFERENCE & SERIAL NUMBERS. This notification is to
inform you that you are a lucky winner of the sum of $1,000,000.00
from the last draw.

Reconfirm your details as listed below for the processing of your winnings.

FULL NAME
CONTACT ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
SEX
NATIONALITY.

This is one of our innovations to encourage Facebook users, Our own
way of saying a BIG THANK YOU, And to all our users for making
Facebook their number one Social Networking to hook up with families,
Friends, And new people all over the World.
You might receive this message in your SPAM, It's due to a very slow
network at the time of sending this message.

Best Regards,
Facebook Management.
(Promo @ 2022).

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