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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: Zennstrom Philanthropies Charity. <maciej.brzozowski@bauer.pl>
Reply-To: <zennstromphilanthropies@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:57:24 -0400
Subject: RE; URGENTLY

Your E-mail which was randomly selected by Google, Inc as active web user to receive a donation of $1m (1 Million USD ) as part of Zennström Philanthropies charity

project. Niklas Zennström, is a Swedish philanthropist. who distributed approximately €208.3 million to human rights organizations charity globally. And I also pledged

to give away the rest of 25% this year 2019.. Kindly Confirm ownership of your E-mail by contacting Niklas Zennström via email For claim.



Contact email ; zennstromphilanthropies@gmail.com


Await Your Urgent Responds



Zennström Philanthropies charity project 2019

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