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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.Maxwell" <""@oszri.hu>
Reply-To: postofficekee@aol.com
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 07:00:35 -0800
Subject: AUFMERKSAMKEIT BITTE!


Hallo Ich bin Mr. Maxwell Richard, der neu ernannte Postbote der Postfilial=
e in Nairobi, Kenia. Ich habe dieses B=FCro am 1. Januar 2021 =FCbernommen.=
Als ich die Akten der vorherigen Aufzeichnungen dieses B=FCros durchgesehe=
n habe, habe ich festgestellt, dass sechs Pakete mit Geldautomatenkarten mi=
t jeweils einer E-Mail-Adresse des Eigent=FCmers versehen sind. Die Geldaut=
omatenkarte wurde von einem hochrangigen Evangelisten, Mathew Peterson, hin=
terlegt, der vor einem Jahr als Paket einer Wohlt=E4tigkeitsstiftung im Wer=
t von 10,8 Millionen US-Dollar verstorben war. Die folgenden Informationen =
werden offiziell ben=F6tigt, um die Geldautomatenkarte so schnell wie m=F6g=
lich zu versenden. Vollst=E4ndiger Name: Vollst=E4ndige Mailing-Information=
en: Ihre Handy-Leitung: Land: N=E4chstliegender Flughafen: Bleiben Sie gese=
gnet, ich freue mich auf Ihre sofortige Antwort. Kontakt: +254101438014 E-M=
ail-Adresse: postofficekee@aol.com Gr=FC=DFe, Herr Maxwell Richard

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