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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: Mr Amancio Ortega <elt-petermann@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "amacioortega098@gmail.com" <amacioortega098@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 10:22:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DONATION FROM MR AMANCIO ORTEGA


I am Amancio Ortega and me and my wife Rosalia fashion businessman and
founding chairman of the Inditex fashion group,of Zara clothing showrooms
around the world,I and my wife Rosalia mapping out this donation funds every
Year to 20 countries all over the world where our company is been located in
the world.

My wife and I decided to donate the sum of $2MUSD to you as part of our
charity project.see the link below

http://www.forbes.com/profile/amancio-ortega/

Contact John Macarthur for more information.

Name: John Macarthur
Email: jjohnmacarthur@gmail.com

Thanks
Mr Amancio Ortega


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