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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ckoch062@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:08:27 -0700
Subject: Donation fund!!!



--
My name is Charles Koch, A philanthropist the CEO and Chairman of the
Charles Koch Foundation Charitable Foundation, one of the largest
private foundations in the world. I believe strongly in giving while
living' I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should
use your wealth to help people and i have decided to secretly give
{$1,500,000.00} to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt
of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your
email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get
back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is
valid.( ckoch062@gmail.com ) Email me Visit the web page to know more
about me: http://www.charleskochfoundation.org/ or you can google me (
Charles Koch ).

Regards,
Charles Koch.

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to whom they are addressed. If you are the intended recipient you are
notified that disclosing, copying, distributing it to outside parties,
or taking any action on the contents of this information, that is
unwarranted and without permission of the sender, is strictly
prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the
sender and do not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and please
delete this e-mail from your system. "---

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