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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: MULTI LOTTO COMPANY <guillaumepousazdieterschwarz@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:


Vážený šťastný víťaz.

Touto správou vás chceme upozorniť, že vaša e-mailová adresa vyhrala tento
mesiac v našej lotériovej spoločnosti MULTI LOTTO sumu 5,5 milióna dolárov
iba {FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS} a vaše peniaze budú
prevedené na bankomatovú kartu Visa, ktorá bude doručená na adresu
prostredníctvom kuriérskej spoločnosti.

Zásielku s vízovou kartou sme uložili kuriérskej spoločnosti a dali sme jej
pokyn, aby nám pomohol doručiť vám balík s vízovou kartou hneď, ako sa o
vás dozvie. Preto prosím kontaktujte doručovaciu spoločnosť prostredníctvom
tohto e-mailu redacted@domain.name} so sídlom v ich spoločnosť
spravovala organizácia Multi Lotto Lottery Organization. a požiadajte ich,
aby vám doručili vašu kartu ATM Visa, ktorá je dep

s pozdravom
Pán Oscar Felix.
Riaditeľ spoločnosti Multi Lotto.

Odpovedzte
Vpred

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