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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: =?UTF-8?B?TXMuIE1hcsOtYSBNb3JnYW4gU8OBTkNIRVo=?= <franciscoalejandra931@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoorabankplctogo0@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 04:29:09 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UE9aT1I6IFVQUkFWScSMRU5FQy4=?=

POZOR: UPRAVIÄŒENEC.
To pomeni, da je vaš e-poštni naslov zaslužil 3 milijone ameriških dolarjev.
Pišem vam, da vam še enkrat čestitam za to.
Čudovita zmaga, ki vas bo popeljala na vaš elektronski naslov.
Želim, da razumete, da je srečelov organiziran (sobota, 05. marec 2022).
Tukaj je spletna stran, kjer si jo lahko ogledate sami,

https://www.lotteryusa.com/missouri/lotto/year
Å TEVILKA ZMAGOVALCA: (2-7-9-25-33-40)
Datum: sobota, 05. marec 2022
Znesek: 3 milijone dolarjev
Rok uporabe: konec leta 2022
Vendar vas želim obvestiti, da smo dosegli dogovor o transakciji
vašega sklada s telegrafskim nakazilom na vaš lokalni bančni račun
prek SWIFT/bančnega nakazila, ki ga bo knjižil in aktiviral naš pravni
oddelek Telex.

Obrnite se na e-poštni naslov svoje plačilne banke
(infoorabankplctogo0@gmail.com)
Glavno ime ===== G. John Havens
Hvala za vaš blagoslov, obljubili smo vam ga
Najboljša storitev
S spoštovanjem,
Podpisano:
Gospa María Morgan SÁNCHEZ
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