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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: info@azimprehashim.com
Reply-To: azimprehashim@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:28:04 +0100
Subject: AW:


Hallo,
Ik ben Azim Hashim Premji, een Indiase zakenmagnaat, investeerder en filan=
troop. Ik ben de voorzitter van Wipro Limited. Ik gaf 25 procent van mijn p=
ersoonlijke rijkdom weg aan een goed doel. En ik heb ook beloofd om de rest=
van 25% weg te geven dit jaar 2019. Ik heb besloten om $ 1.000.000,00 Amer=
ikaanse dollars aan jou te doneren. Als u ge=EFnteresseerd bent in mijn gif=
t, neem dan contact met mij op voor meer informatie. Ik wil ook dat je deel=
uitmaakt van mijn Charity Foundation zodra je dit geld hebt ontvangen, zod=
at we samen de handen ineen kunnen sluiten om de behoeftigen te helpen.
U kunt ook meer over mij lezen via de onderstaande link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji
Neem voor meer informatie contact met haar op via e-mail: azimprehashim@gm=
ail.com
Vriendelijke groet
......................
Hello,
I'm Azim Hashim Premji, an Indian business tycoon, investor, and philanthr=
opist. I'm the chairman of Wipro Limited. I gave away 25 percent of my pers=
onal wealth to charity. And I also pledged to give away the rest of 25% thi=
s year 2019. I have decided to donate $1,000,000.00 US Dollars to you. If y=
ou are interested in my donation, do contact me for more info. I will also =
want you to be part of my Charity Foundation once you receive this money so=
we can join hands together to help the needy.
You can also read more about me via the link below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji
Contact her via Email for more details: azimprehashim@gmail.com
Warm Regard
CEO Wipro Limited

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