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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: Robert Baileys <imubarak160@gmail.com>
Reply-To: robertbaileys_spende@aol.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 04:26:57 +0200
Subject:

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Hello dear beneficiary,

You have received this email from the Robert Bailey Foundation. I'm a
retired government employee from Harlem and a $343.8 million Powerball
lottery jackpot winner. I'm the biggest jackpot winner in the history
of the New York Lottery in America. I won this competition on October
27, 2018 and I would like to inform you that Google in cooperation
with Microsoft has your "email address" for my request and it will
cost 3,000,000.00 million euros. I'm donating this $3 million to you
to also help charities and poor people in your community so we can
make the world a better place for everyone. Please visit the following
website for more information so that you are not skeptical about this
EUR 3 million spending.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/14/meet-the-winner-of-the-biggest-lottery-jackpot-in-new-york-history/you
I can also look for further confirmations on my Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5vT18Ysavc
Please reply to me via email (robertbaileys_spende@aol.com).
You must reply to this email immediately in order for the sending bank
to begin receiving this €3,000,000.00 million donation.
Please contact the email address below for more information so you can
receive this donation from the sending bank.

Email: robertbaileys_spende@aol.com

Regards,
Robert Bailey
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Powerball Jackpot Winner
Email: robertbaileys_spende@aol.com

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