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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: Mavis Wanczyk <khalifafinancialcompanies@gmail.com>
Reply-To: maviswanczyk196@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:24:56 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?DETTA_=C3=84R_DIN_DONATIONSKOD=3A_=5B0043034=5D?=


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*Kära vän,Jag är Mavis Wanczyk, den största vinnaren av $ 758,7 miljoner I
Mega Millions Jackpot, donerar jag till 5 slumpmässiga individer om du får
det här e-postmeddelandet valdes din e-post efter en snurrboll. Jag har
spridit större delen av min förmögenhet över ett antal
välgörenhetsorganisationer och organisationer. Jag har frivilligt bestämt
mig för att donera summan av $ 800 000,00 tusen dollar till dig som en av
de valda 5, för att verifiera mina vinster, se min You Tube-sidaNedan.Titta
på mig här: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kWnqvJM1mM










*DETTA ÄR DIN DONATIONSKOD: [0043034]Svara med DONATIONSKODEN på detta
e-postmeddelande: maviswanczyk196@gmail.com
<maviswanczyk196@gmail.com>Hoppas att göra dig och din familj
lycklig.HälsningarMavis Wanczyk*

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