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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: Oxfam British <okunola2sure@gmail.com>
Reply-To: oxfambristish2.uk@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 13:13:46 -0800
Subject: Oxfam British

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Hello

I am dr Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah, CEO of Oxfam British
Charity Organization, you have a donation of 2,000,000.00 EUR. I was
born in Sri Lanka in the 1970s and initially grew up in a rural
community with no electricity or running water. I have decided to do
the will of God and also donate my entire $15 million in my wife's
memory.

Your email was among the selected emails from our Europe email
sweepstakes. For more information please reply to this message Via
E-MAIL: oxfambristish2.uk@gmail.com
and our team will get back to you.

Many thanks

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