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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: Robert Bailey <ray@chatsworthfuneralservices.co.uk>
Reply-To: robertbaileyfoundation.org@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:23:14 +0200
Subject: Hello



--
Good day dear beneficiary,

        You are receiving this email from Robert Bailey
Foundation,A retired government employee from Harlem,The winner of the
Powerball Lottery jackpot worth $ 343.8 million,the biggest jackpot
Winner of the New York Lottery History, United State of America. I won
this lottery on October 27, 2018 and I write to you about it because
Google has sent your "email address" to Microsoft in connection with My
request that you should receive a donation of € 3,000,000.00 Euro . I am
donating this amount of 3 million euros to you to help charity Houses
and poor people in your community to make the world a better place for
everyone to live Ok .

For More information can be found on the website Information, so you
don't be skeptical of this donation of 3 Million euros Ok.

https://nypost.com/2018/11/14/meet-the-winner-of-the-biggest-lottery
jackpot-in-neue-york-geschichte/

You can also watch on YouTube for more
confirmation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5vT18Ysavc

            Please reply via: ( robertbaileyfoundation.org@gmail.com
),So that the responsible bank an ATM generated Card worth 3 million
euros, You will receive the PIN code for access to the donations of the
€ 3,000,000.00 Euro . Please note that all answers must be sent to
(robertbaileyfoundation.org@gmail.com ) for more information on
reception This donation is made via the universal ATM card, which you
will be sent as fast as possible. contact now good luck.

Kind regards,
Robert Bailey
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Powerball jackpot winner

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