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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: francespatrickconn2019@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:08:34 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE A DONATION OF 400,000.00 EUROS

Hello,
Congratulations, You have been awarded the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Euros (€400,000.00 EUROS) This said amount has been donated to you by Frances and Patrick Connolly, from County Armagh in Northern Ireland. She and her husband they won the New Year's Day Euro Millions draw of €115 million Euros Lottery jackpot which was drawn on New Year’s Day and won the EuroMillions on the 1st January 2019. For more information on how to claim your prize, for more details, kindly Contact them via this Email: francespatrickconn2019@gmail.com
Thanks.

Contact them via this Email: francespatrickconn2019@gmail.com

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