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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: "Azim Hashim Premji" <marketing@mybestbox.com.my>
Reply-To: azimpremjihas@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 07:00:08 +0300
Subject: Re:


Hallo,
Ich bin Azim Hashim Premji, ein indischer Wirtschaftsmagnat, Investor und P=
hilanthrop. Ich bin der Vorsitzende von Wipro Limited. Ich habe 25 Prozent =
meines pers=F6nlichen Verm=F6gens f=FCr wohlt=E4tige Zwecke verschenkt. Au=
=DFerdem habe ich zugesagt, den Rest von 25% in diesem Jahr 2020 zu versche=
nken. Ich habe beschlossen, Ihnen 1.000.000,00 US-Dollar zu spenden. Wenn S=
ie an meiner Spende interessiert sind, kontaktieren Sie mich f=FCr weitere =
Informationen. Ich m=F6chte auch, dass Sie Teil meiner Wohlt=E4tigkeitsstif=
tung sind, sobald Sie dieses Geld erhalten, damit wir uns zusammenschlie=DF=
en k=F6nnen, um den Bed=FCrftigen zu helfen.
Sie k=F6nnen auch mehr =FCber mich =FCber den unten stehenden Link lesen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji
Kontaktieren Sie ihn per E-Mail f=FCr weitere Details:
Herzlicher Gruss
CEO Wipro Limited

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