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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: Mr Manuel Franco <iami.n@mail.goo.ne.jp>
Reply-To: pmdonation@biznetvigator.com
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 14:00:18 +0900
Subject: Payment Of $12.5 Million For You,

Good day lucky winner Email Owner,

I am Mr. Manuel Franco, the current winner of $768.4 million in the Powerball lottery on APRIL 23th, 2019 drawing, I'm donating $12.5 Millions to 5 random individuals and If you get this email then your email was selected after a spin ball. I have spread most of my wealth over a number of charities and organizations. I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of {$12.5 Millions} to you as one of the selected 5, to verify my winnings please see my interview by visiting this link below.

WATCH ME HERE:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/winner-768-million-powerball-jackpot-revealed/story?id=62571392,

We just started an international charitable donation campaign as we will be given a donation sum of US$12.5 MILLION each to improve the life of five Lucky individuals from any part of the world.

Your email address was submitted to us by the Google internet management teams as an email User and a part of our donation list your Email ID is among those listed to receive the donation sum of US$12.500,000.00 through the help of my accountant agent, Mr. Edward Manzi jr in Fidelity Bank United States.

According to the arrangement we signed: Mr. Edward Manzi jr, the Chairman & CEO of Fidelity Bank Headquarters will contact you as soon as your donation worth US$12.5 million is ready to enable them to send you the payment through BITCOIN, ATM Visa Card or bank to bank wire Transaction.

But make sure you contact Mr. Edward Manzi jr yourself with below information to enable quick releasing the donation payment to you because bankers are always engaged with many customers activities. THIS IS YOUR DONATION CODE: [ FRANCO19022FUNDS ] make sure you send Mr. Edward Manzi jr your donation code if you want them to release your payment to you.

Contact Person: Mr. Edward Manzi jr
Email: emanzi@biznetvigator.com
Contact Number: +1 (978) 277-2230---> TEXT MESSAGE ONLY AND YOU CAN TEXT HIM ONCE YOU EMAIL HIM YOUR INFO FOR URGENT NOTIFICATION

Send Mr. Edward Manzi jr your personal information listed below for easier credit of your funds in your name.

FULL NAME:.
AGE:.
GENDER:.
ADDRESS:.
COUNTRY:.
OCCUPATION:.
PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER:.
OFFICE PHONE NUMBER:.
PERSONAL WHATSAPP NUMBER:
A PICTURE OF YOUR ID OR PASSPORT:.

Mr. Edward Manzi jr also always receives text messages on +1 (978) 277-2230 for bank business only. You can text him anytime about your donation payment because too many fraud use email addresses.

HOWEVER, THIS TRANSACTION IS BEING MONITORED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO GUARD US FROM INTERNET SCAM ACTIVITIES.

Hope to make you and your family happy.
Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance,

Best regards.
Mr. Manuel Franco
Remains blessed from Mr. Manuel Franco Funds Donation Families.

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/JUNK folder , that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, I urge you to treat it genuinely and kindly move it to your inbox.

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