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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: "You have a donation of $1,200,000.00 USD" <smithloanfirm2016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lisarobinsonn53@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:28:36 -0800
Subject:

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Good day

We are John and Lisa Robinson My wife and I won the biggest Euro
Millions lottery prize of 148 Million GBP and we just commenced our
Charity Donation and we will be giving out a cash donation of $
1.200.000.00USD to 5 lucky individuals and 10 charity organizations
from any part of the world. Your email address was submitted to my
wife and I by the Google Management Team. You are here implored to
make contact through Email: lisarobinsonn53@gmail.com

Congratulation
John and Lisa Robinson

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