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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: "Ajlan Al Enazi"<webmaster@yjidc.com>
Reply-To: <worldcuppromo2022@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:01:54 -0700
Subject: QATAR 2022™

Congratulations:
 
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Committee urges you to treat this genuinely.
 
Congratulations: Your E-MAIL ACCOUNT has won the sum of( £850,000,00 )Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds on Qatar World Cup online promo, with ticket number 00545 188 564756.
 
Please provide the following details for processing of your fund:
Full Names:
Telephone number:
Age:
Sex:
Address
for processing and payment of your winning.
 
Tel: 447783166515 Congratulations once more.
 
Yours in service,
Mr.Ajlan Al Enazi
for the Local Organizing Committee.
 

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