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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: "Mr.Fredric Ross" <info@fredricross.com>
Reply-To: chris.lucas190@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 09:41:43 -0700
Subject: Dear Winner.

Dear Beneficiary,

We want to notify you that a world-wide draw was carefully carried out this week through an electronic random selection of e-mail addresses from the internet which led to your selection as one of the lucky beneficiaries of this year's United Nations Compensation Lottery Program which is aimed at contributing financially to people's welfare and you are expected to help people around you financially as soon as you receive this money which is mainly the purpose of this lottery program since we cannot reach everyone.

The total amount due for collection by you is $2,500,000,00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) which is ready to be release and pay to you as soon as you contact our representative in charge of payment for claim in the name of Mr.Chris Lucas.

You are hereby advised to contact our representative in charge of disbursement for the United Nations Compensation Lottery Program with the below information via his personal email address.

Contact Person: Mr.Chris Lucas
E-mail: chris.lucas190@gmail.com

(1) Your Full Names:
(2) Home Address:
(3) City/Country:
(4) Phone No:
(5) Gender:

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/JUNK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (BMW) urge you to treat it genuinely.

Thanks,
Mr.Fredric Ross
(Director United Nations Compensation Lottery Program)

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