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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: pan Manuel Franco <info@franco.com>
Date:
Subject:



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Pozdravy tobÄ› ,

Jmenuji se Manuel Franco, muž z Wisconsinu, vyhrál jsem jackpot v
loterii Powerball ve výši 768 milionů amerických dolarů a dobrovolně
jsem se rozhodl darovat 1 000 000 amerických dolarů „Jeden milion
amerických dolarů“ náhodně 10 jednotlivcům jako součást mé vlastní
charity.

Chcete-li ověřit mé výhry v loterii, podívejte se na můj rozhovor na návštěvě
webová stránka níže:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH9_xFvK9aI

Váš e-mail byl mezi e-maily, které byly
zaslané webovým/vyhledávacím uživatelem internetu, pokud jste obdrželi můj
E-mail, prosím, kontaktujte mě co nejdříve pro další procesy.


S pozdravem,
pan Manuel Franco

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