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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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Fraud email example:

From: DONATION <donation.ngos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 19:35:19 +0100
Subject: Seitenempfehlung


DONATION (donation.ngos@gmail.com)
hat Ihnen folgenden Link empfohlen:
 
https://www.rheuma-liga-saar.de/index.php?id=617
 
Mitteilung:
A Donation of Dollars 500,000.00 Thank you for helping me to benefit from this life changing story. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars has been donated to you by David Kaltschmidt, 55, and Wilma Jude, 70, from Melbourne Beach, Florida United States Of America, Who won the Power-ball Jackpot of $327million Powerball jackpot at 1:30 p.m.EDT. Contact her via Email for more details: donation.ngos@gmail.com Thanks and I hope to hear from you as to enable me send you more information's about it, I am actually making this offer to 70 persons and 28 has received theirs hope you will have the same testimony.
 
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