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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: zubairukuspa1@gmail.com
Reply-To: mrsmariaelizabethscheffle148@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 02:31:26 +0100
Subject: Re


Hi, Ich bin Frau Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler, eine deutsche Philanthropin. I=
ch bin die Stuhl Lady von Wipro Limited. Ich nehme 25 Prozent meines pers=
=F6nlichen Verm=F6gens daf=FCr f=FCr wohlt=E4tige Zwecke ausgegeben. Und de=
n Rest habe ich auch versprochen von 25%, die voraussichtlich noch in diese=
m Jahr 2022 verschenkt werden so. Ich habe mich entschlossen, Ihnen 1.000.0=
00,00 Euro zu spenden. Wenn Sie an einer Spende interessiert sind, kontakti=
eren Sie mich f=FCr weitere Informationen Information. Mit freundlichen Gr=
=FC=DFen Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer Wipro Limited Maria-Elisabeth_Schaeffler E-Mai=
l: mrsmariaelizabethscheffle148@gmail.com

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