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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: "MacKenzie Scott" <test@uwakakuritsu.com>
Reply-To: mackenzscott78@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:18:45 -0800
Subject: Re:


Hallo,
Ich bin MacKenzie Scott, ein amerikanischer Investor, Wirtschaftsmagnat, P=
hilanthrop und Vorsitzender von Bystander Revolution. Ich habe 25 Prozent m=
eines pers=F6nlichen Verm=F6gens f=FCr wohlt=E4tige Zwecke auf der ganzen W=
elt verschenkt. Ich versprach, die H=E4lfte meines Verm=F6gens f=FCr wohlt=
=E4tige Zwecke zu verschenken. Ich habe beschlossen, Ihnen 1.000.000,00 US-=
Dollar zu spenden. Wenn Sie an meiner Spende interessiert sind, kontaktiere=
n Sie mich bitte f=FCr weitere Informationen.
Ich m=F6chte auch, dass Sie Teil meiner Wohlt=E4tigkeitsstiftung werden, s=
obald Sie dieses Geld erhalten haben, damit wir uns zusammenschlie=DFen k=
=F6nnen, um den Bed=FCrftigen zu helfen.
Unter folgendem Link k=F6nnen Sie auch mehr =FCber mich erfahren
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacKenzie_Scott
Kontaktieren Sie uns jetzt f=FCr weitere Details:
mackenzscott78@gmail.com
=

Herzlicher Gruss
MacKenzie Scott
=

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