419 scam: fruvercolores@vaquitaexpress.com 2 800 000,00 EUR.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- manuelfranco4313@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fruvercolores@vaquitaexpress.com
Reply-To: Quickcashloansservices@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:29:13 +0100
Subject: 2 800 000,00 EUR.

Mein Name ist Manuel Franco aus den Vereinigten Staaten. Diese gute Nachric=
ht m=F6chten meine Frau und ich gerne mit Ihnen teilen. Im April 2022 habe =
ich einen Powerball-Jackpot in H=F6he von 768 Millionen US-Dollar gewonnen.=
Aufgrund dieses Coronavirus, das zuf=E4llig 5 Menschen get=F6tet hat, habe=
n wir uns entschieden zu spenden, damit Sie diese E-Mail verwenden k=F6nnen=
, um Ihren Gemeinden zu helfen. Dann wird Ihre E-Mail von Spinball ausgew=
=E4hlt. Ich habe das Gr=F6=DFte, dass ich einen Teil meines Verm=F6gens an =
eine Reihe von Wohlt=E4tigkeitsorganisationen gespendet habe. Ich habe mich=
freiwillig entschieden, einen Betrag von EUR 2.800.000,00 zu spenden. Antw=
ort als einer meiner 5 Lucky Picks Klicken Sie auf diese E-Mail, um weitere=
Informationen zu erhalten. Dies ist Ihr Spendencode: [MF4322019] Antworten=
Sie auf diese E-Mail mit einem Spendencode: manuelfranco4313@gmail.com Ich=
hoffe, Sie machen Ihrer Familie eine Freude. Gr=FC=DFe Manuel Franco und F=
amilie Hinweis: Alle Antworten m=FCssen an (manuelfranco4313@gmail.com) ges=
endet werden.=20

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