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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: "Ms. Colleen A. Darragh," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lott1eryusaycen1ter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:24:55 -0800
Subject: USA Mega Million Lottery

Congratulations! for winning the grand prize of $750,000.00 USD (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars).
 
We are pleased to inform you that you've won a lottery prize of $750,000.00 USD (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars). On behalf of the Staff and Management Team of The National Lottery USA, Association of
Powerball Lotteries Usa.
 
We congratulate you following the publication of results for the Powerball Lotteries Usa Online Promotions Game, held at 7:30 PM on Tuesday 30th December 2023, in
which your email address won a cash prize of $750,000.00 USD (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars) via free-draw ticket numbers: 00880-08068-00000-58112-05125-87120.
 
Your e-mail address was attached to our Draw-Based Central Computer System, which generated free-entry (Ticket) Numbers: 00880-08068-00000-58112-05125-87120 and Reference number:
NL/47509/04/23, which drew the Winning Numbers: (01) (11) (13) (24) (49) + Lucky Stars: (05) (06) that won you the cash prize of $750,000.00 USD (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars) in 2nd category i.e match 5 online jackpot results.
 
The free-online lottery draws takes place via computer generate random selection, NO TICKETS WERE SOLD. this online lottery promotions game was drawn from a database of over 450,000 active internet users
around the world, all active email addresses were automatically entered and assigned to different entry ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
 
The online Lottery Promotions award game was set up to promote the Powerball Lotteries Usa online games as it offers free-online lottery games to the public, giving people from different locations around the world (Asia, Africa, Europe, North
America, South America, Australia and Antarctica) the chance to win life-changing sums of money.
 
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:– You are required to fill out the National Lottery Claims form and apply for claims of your prize funds of $750,000.00 USD (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars).
 
 
 
Kindly reply to the below once you have completed the filling of the form.
 
lotteryusa@swissworldonline.us
Best Wishes,
Ms. Colleen A. Darragh,
Lottery Co-coordinator
Powerball Lottery Online Promotions
USA Mega

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