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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: buchgraber@networld.at (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 05:07:43 +0200
Subject: Liebe(r) Preis-Gewinner/in


Liebe(r) Preis-Gewinner/in,

Ich freue mich Ihnen mitzuteilen, dass Sie unser 2015 Worldbank / Euro
Millionen Email Lotto Gewinner vom 30.06.2015 sind!

Ihre Emailadresse mit der Kartenseriennummer 1340890 hat in der dritten
Kategorie gewonnen.

Gewinnzahlen : 04-16-32-40-46 + 06,10

Sie haben einen Betrag in Höhe von EUR 1.915.810,00 (Eine million Neun hundert
Fünfzehn Tausend acht hundert zehn Euro) gewonnen!

Für Ihren Gewinnanspruch kontaktieren Sie bitte unseren Betriebsleiter Herr
Allen Joe :

Dr.Allen Joe
20 Coney Street,
York YO1 9QL,
United Kingdom
Email:drallen.joe@outlook.com
Tel:el:+447937459621

Bitte schicken Sie die folgenden Information an Herrn Allen:

Gewinnzahlen : 04-16-32-40-46 + 06,10


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Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Jennifer Buchgraber
Koordinator
Worldbank Email Lottery Programme


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