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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: "RF" <ocscl-jed@no-log.org>
Reply-To: kevin@realnet.co.sz
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:13:51 +0200
Subject: Ref..Notification.




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WINNING NUMBERS: 1, 4, 9,14,22,26 Bonus 34

Attn: Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of UK Online International Lottery,
the UK online Sweepstakes International program held for the year 2024.

You have won GBP₤2, 000,000.00 (Two Million British Pounds Sterling
Only) from UK lottery draw 2024. Your Email ID was one of the selected
emails all over the World Wide Web sites in the online lottery draw in
which your email emerged as a winning email with the lucky winning numbers
above. Please contact your representative office as indicated in our
database here for claim.

In order to process your winning for transfer, you are advice to contact
your Claim agent with the details below for your payment.

Name: Dr. Goodman Anderson.
South Africa Office and Agent: Tel 00 27 83 419 2521
UK Head Office: 00 44 703 1814 858
Email: claimsmanager@consultant.com or kevin@realnet.co.sz

You are advised to send the following information to your Claim Agent to
facilitate the release of your fund to you.

1. Full Names:
2. Country and Contact Address:
3. Telephone and Fax Number:
4. Copy of Identification:
5. My Date of birth:
6. Occupation:

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Regan Jenkins (UK Online Coordinator)

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