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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: "Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik" <david.lurita@municarabayllo.gob.pe>
Reply-To: leonardvalentinovich@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 11:56:44 +0100
Subject: SPENDE

Hallo,

Ich bin Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik, ein britischer Geschäftsmann, Investor, Philanthrop und Präsident (Access Industries). Ich habe 20 Prozent meines persönlichen Vermögens für wohltätige Zwecke verschenkt. Und ich habe auch zugesagt, dieses Jahr 2023 20 % an Einzelpersonen zu verschenken. Ich habe mich entschieden, 1.000.000,00 € (eine Million Euro) an Sie zu spenden. Wenn Sie an meiner Spende interessiert sind, kontaktieren Sie mich: leonardvalentinovich@hotmail.com für weitere Informationen.

Unter folgendem Link können Sie auch mehr über mich erfahren

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Blavatnik

Herzliche Grüße
Präsident (Access Industries)
Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik
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