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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: "Tammy and Cliff Webster" <rprada@pdval.gob.ve>
Reply-To: tammyandcliffwebster316@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:31:39 -0800
Subject: Hello

Dear Email Owner,
Our names are Tammy and Cliff Webster from Oneida, Wisconsin, USA. We are winners of $316.3 Million Dollars Powerball Jackpot which was annouced Jan 5th 2022.My Wife and I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you and Seven (7) lucky people and Ten (10) Charity Organizations from different parts of the world. Please follow the News Link below for more info;
https://www.13abc.com/2022/02/07/meet-couple-who-won-316m-powerball-jackpot/
Kindly send your *Full Names:..,*Tel:..*Age:. & *Country:..and we will instruct our payout Bank to release the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you immediately.
Tammy and Cliff Webster.

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