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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: Oxfam wide <oxfam.bristish.uk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: charlesfcfeeney@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:37:42 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?Z2zDvGNrbGljaGVy?=

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My name is Charles Feeney, a philanthropist and the founder of The
Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in the
world. I believe strongly in giving while living I had one idea that
never changed in my mind that you should use your wealth to help
people and I have decided to secretly give $5,000,000.00 ( Five
Million USD ) to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt
of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual Your
email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get
back to me at your earliest convenience, click reply so I know your
email address is valid.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-27/chuck-feeney-philanthropist-queensland-health-university/101270098?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web






Mein Name ist Charles Feeney, ein Philanthrop und Gründer von The
Atlantic Philanthropies, einer der größten privaten Stiftungen der
Welt. Ich glaube fest daran, während des Lebens zu geben. Ich hatte
eine Idee, die sich nie in meiner Meinung geändert hat, dass Sie Ihr
Vermögen verwenden sollten, um Menschen zu helfen, und ich habe
beschlossen, heimlich 5.000.000,00 USD (fünf Millionen USD) an
zufällig ausgewählte Personen weltweit zu spenden. Nach Erhalt dieser
E-Mail sollten Sie sich zu den Glücklichen zählen. Ihre E-Mail-Adresse
wurde bei einer zufälligen Online-Suche ausgewählt. Bitte melden Sie
sich schnellstmöglich bei mir. Klicken Sie auf „Antworten“, damit ich
weiß, dass Ihre E-Mail-Adresse gültig ist.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-27/chuck-feeney-philanthropist-queensland-health-university/101270098?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

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