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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: Stefano Pessina <fgarba173@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stefanopessina983@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 04:16:58 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?WnVzY2h1c3NzcGVuZGUgaW4gSMO2aGUgdm9uIDIuMjAwLjAwMCwwMCDigqw=?=

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Schönen Tag,

Wen es angeht,

Ich bin STEFANO PESSINA. Ich bin ein italienisch-monegassischer
Milliardär und Geschäftsmann der stellvertretende Vorsitzende, Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) und die größte Einzelperson Gesellschafter von
Walgreens Boots Allianz. Ich habe 25 Prozent meines persönlichen
Vermögens verschenkt Wohltätigkeit. Und ich habe auch zugesagt, die
restlichen 25% dieses Jahr 2022 zu verschenken Einzelpersonen,
Kirchen, und Waisenhäuser ETC. Ich habe mich entschieden, 2.200.000,00
€ zu spenden (zwei Millionen zwei hunderttausend Euro) an Sie.

Wenn Sie an meiner Spende interessiert sind, kontaktieren Sie mich für
weitere Informationen. Du kannst Lesen Sie auch mehr über mich über
den Link unten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Stefano_Pessina

Herzlicher Gruss
CEO Walgreens Boots Alliance
Stefan Pessina

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