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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: DONATION<>
Reply-To: m_l.wanczyk62@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 08:42:23 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Spende_f=C3=BCr_dich_=2E=2E?=


638/5000
I. Mavis Wanczyk aus Chicopee, Massachusetts, forderte meine Gewinnkarte für den Powerball-Jackpot in Höhe von 758,7 Millionen USD an. Kurz darauf rief ich meinen Arbeitgeber im Mercy Medical Center an, wo ich 32 Jahre lang gearbeitet hatte, und kündigte. Aus meinem Powerball-Jackpot in Höhe von 758,7 Millionen US-Dollar habe ich beschlossen, jeweils 1.000.000 US-Dollar an 100 glückliche Personen zu vergeben, von denen Ihre E-Mail nach dem Zufallsprinzip ausgewählt wurde. Für weitere Details zu meinem Gewinn https://youtu.be/q0Bpez2Z7c0 Glückwunsch! einmal mehr.

Bitte geben Sie Ihre Daten ein, um fortzufahren.
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Adresse:
Geburtsdatum:
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Frau Mavis L. Wanczyk
m_l.wanczyk62@aol.com

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