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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: pay-it-forward campaign <lucia_licata@galliera.it>
Reply-To: k.rumpf@consultant.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:20:24 +0200
Subject: re....



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Hello,
The pay-it-forward campaign is conceived and funded as a part of the
giving pledge of Charles Bronfman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bronfman

It's a simple process where one person is chosen randomly and entrusted
a certain amount and instructed to pay out in small bits to the less
privileged in his/her neighborhood or as he/she sees fit...This is the
pay-it-forward campaign and I'm happy to let you know that you have been
chosen to be a beneficiary of this edition.

You will be required to receive $1.5M USD and pay out 50%..Pay out will
be under your discretion and not in anyway monitored from our end.. we
see it as a medium to reach out to many people using one individual and
in this case,it's you!

Please indicate if you are interested to move forward with this.
EMAIL: k.rumpf@consultant.com
Best Regards
Klaus Rumpf

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