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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: Stefano Pessina <ariam07239958@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cnicele2@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 02:01:33 -0800
Subject:

--
Sie wurden ausgewählt, um von meinem laufenden Wohltätigkeitsprojekt
zu profitieren, das darauf abzielt, Leben zu berühren. Bitte wenden
Sie sich an uns, um weitere Informationen zur Beantragung Ihres
Zuschusses in Höhe von 2 Millionen US-Dollar zu erhalten. Für weitere
Details und Ansprüche sollten alle Antworten kopiert und an
cnicele2@gmail.com gesendet werden


You have been chosen to benefit from my ongoing charity project aimed
at touching lives. Kindly get back for more details on how to claim
your grant of $2 million (USD). For more details and claims, All reply
should be copied and sent to: cnicele2@gmail.com

Best wishes ,
Mr. Stefano Pessina.

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