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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: "Richard Wahl Foundation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hawaiiandredging111@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:41:53 -0800
Subject: DEAR EMAIL BENEFICIARY

Dear Email Owner,


I am Richard Wahl, the winner of $533 Million In the New Jersey Mega Millions Jackpot 3 years ago. I've spread most of my fortune over a number of charity organisations all over the world. I'm donating 12.5 million USD to 5 randomly selected individuals, therefore if you are reading this email then your email was selected after a random spin ball.

However I am officially notifying you that you have been selected as one of the beneficiaries to receive this donation sponsored by the Richard Wahl Foundation to receive the sum of 2,500,000 million USD only in the ongoing Covid-19 financial Aid Program in order to support growing businesses. I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 2,500,000 million USD to you as one of the selected five (5), to verify my winnings please view my youtube page below:

YOU CAN WATCH ME HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tne02ExNDrw

If you choose to accept this donation from the Richard Wahl Foundation's Cash Assistance Program, Reply with the DONATION CODE to this email: hawaiiandredging000@aol.com the only fee you will pay to my personal assistant to release the money to you is $200 and he will send it to you through ATM CARD or in cash, please reply to Mr. Bujan G. Ben with this information, YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS. Kindly contact Bujan Gary Ben with YOUR FULL NAMES AND YOUR CURRENT HOME ADDRESS.

THIS IS YOUR DONATION CODE: [6289298]

Contact my personal Assistant
Name: Bujan Gary Ben
Email: hawaiiandredging000@aol.com

Most importantly please note that I do not check my email regularly therefore I'll advice you to forward a copy of this message to my personal assitant Bujan Gary Ben Email: hawaiiandredging000@aol.com...... Hope to make you and your family happy.

Yours Sincerely:
Richard Wahl
Richard Wahl Foundation

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