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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: <""@ac-aix-marseille.fr>
Reply-To: sigridrausingworks@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:45:38 -0700
Subject: Antwort auf Anspruch


Ich bin Sigrid Rausing, eine schwedische Investorin und Philanthropin. Ihre=
E-Mail-Adresse wurde zuf=E4llig von Google Inc. bereitgestellt und als akt=
iver Benutzer im Web ausgew=E4hlt. In diesem Jahr habe ich versprochen, 5 P=
rozent meines Verm=F6gens wegen der Coronavirus-Pandemie, die die ganze Wel=
t lahmgelegt hat, an Wohlt=E4tigkeitsorganisationen und Einzelpersonen zu s=
penden. Ich spende Ihnen 850.000 Euro und fordere Sie auf, jemandem in Ihre=
m Umfeld mit dem Wenigen zu helfen, das Sie k=F6nnen. F=FCr weitere Informa=
tionen =FCber mich besuchen Sie bitte meine Wikipedia unten: https://en.wik=
ipedia.org/wiki/Sigrid_Rausing Kontaktieren Sie mich unter dieser E-Mail-Ad=
resse: sigridrausingworks@gmail.com f=FCr weitere Informationen.

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