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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: SuperEnalotto <info@eu.superenalotto.winner>
Reply-To: <torroxcentre@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:34:21 -0700
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Winner !!!

Dear winner,
We are pleased to announce that our last SuperEnalotto draw in conjunction with the Euromillion and Powerball lotto took place on August 1, 2024.
Your email address for ticket no.: 394587 with serial number 927-104-152 has drawn the lucky numbers 13-28-36-41-79-88 and thus won in the 2nd category.
They were therefore awarded a lump sum payment of 1,500,000.00 euros {One million, five hundred thousand euros}.
To assert your claim, we ask you to provide us with the following information by email for payment processing:

Full Name: Country: Residential Address: Age: Occupation: Monthly Income: Mobile Number: And WhatsApp Number:

Congratulations from me and the head of the online lottery departments SuperEnalotto, Euro Millions and Powerball

Kind regards,

Mrs Katherine Federico
Head of Online Payments / Validation Officer


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