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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: sn@turuncuholding.com
Reply-To: azimpremjifoundation05@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 03:04:45 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Re=3BGl=C3=BCckwunsch!!?=


Congratulation!!! A donation of =80 1,000,000.00 Euro was made to you by th=
e Azim Premji Foundation. For more information You can see here: http://en.=
wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji and claim now email me at: azimpremjifoundat=
ion05@gmail.com Many Thanks Mr. Azim Premji Gl=FCckwunsch !!! Die Azim Prem=
ji Foundation hat Ihnen eine Spende in H=F6he von 1.000.000,00 Euro geleist=
et. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azi=
m_Premji und fordern Sie jetzt eine E-Mail an: azimpremjifoundation05@gmail=
=2Ecom Danke vielmals Herr Azim Premji Felicidades !!! La Fundaci=F3n Azim =
Premji le hizo una donaci=F3n de =80 1,000,000.00 Euro. Para obtener m=E1s =
informaci=F3n, puede ver aqu=ED: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji y=
reclame ahora env=EDeme un correo electr=F3nico a: azimpremjifoundation05@=
gmail.com Muchas gracias Sr. Azim Premji Parab=E9ns !!! Uma doa=E7=E3o de =
=80 1.000.000,00 Euros foi feita a voc=EA pela Funda=E7=E3o Azim Premji. Pa=
ra mais informa=E7=F5es, voc=EA pode ver aqui: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki=
/Azim_Premji e reivindique agora envie um email para: azimpremjifoundation0=
5@gmail.com Muito Obrigado Mr. Azim Premji

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