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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: <UK LOTTERY>dexter75@aestoplastic.cc
Reply-To: owenmery3@gmail.com
Date: 29 Apr 2024 05:06:07 +0300
Subject: Re: Congratulations

UK Lottery
Registered office: IBD Integrated Business Direct Limited
Kloud 9 Dogz, Old Dublin Road,
Carraroe, Sligo F91NA40, Ireland


We would like to congratulate you once again for this note, for being one of our lucky winners selected in our online email promotion. Your email address was selected from the lucky winners of our online giveaway. Online drawings are conducted by randomly selecting emails from an exclusive list of email addresses of individuals and corporate entities selected through an advanced and automated random computer search of the Internet. However, no tickets were sold this time, but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy reasons. The selection process was carried out by random selection on our computerized email section machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and is also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Your email address has won £1,750.00. pounds. (One million seven hundred and fifty pounds with winning numbers below

 Prize: 3rd prize

 Winning numbers: 8-14-18-53-56-59-40
 
Draw date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024

https://www.osalottos.com/results/uk-lottery.php


We recommend that you use your winning details to contact your claims agent for clarification and prize payment.

The claims agent

Dr.Owen Mery
Promotion Prize Team/Claims Agent
Email: owenmery3@gmail.com
Telephone: +1 864 547 4045

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