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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: "Mr. Richard Wahl" <pch722197@gmail.com>
Reply-To: richardwahl037@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 02:37:01 -1200
Subject: From Mr. Richard Wahl

Greetings,

I am Mr. Richard Wahl, greetings to you in the name of the lord. This
message is sent to you as a notification that you have been chosen to
benefit from our charity project, aimed at touching lives and helping
those that we can across the world, as God has blessed us. I won a
$533M Mega Millions lottery jackpot, April 2018 and I have
voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $20Million to charity, I try
to reach people randomly from different sources and modes so as to
touch lives from different angles, hence you are getting a message.

You have been listed as one of the lucky recipients to receive
$5Million. This donation is made out to you to enable you to
strengthen your personal issues and mostly to generously help us
extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity
organizations within your locality, I'm donating to five random
individuals. If you get this email then your email was selected after
a spin ball. I have spread most of my wealth over a number of
charities and organizations' have voluntarily decided to donate the
sum of $5Million to you as one of the selected five.

To verify my winnings kindly watch below;

Watch here: $533 Million Jackpot Winner Revealed: Modest Mega
Millionaire Richard Wahl?

However for the purpose of proper verification among other relevant
information, it is imperative that you supply us with the following
requirements and return back to me and my entire household will be
glad for you to visit us after my donation gets to you. Do this on
time so you can contact the payout agent for further directives to
receive this donation.

Full Name:
Full Address:
Cell Phone Number:
Occupation:

Note: If you received this message in the SPAM /BULK folder, it is
because of the restrictions imposed by your MAIL/INTERNET service
provider, we urge you to treat it genuinely.

May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and
your society as soon as my donation gets to you, get back to me on how
to receive the donation.

Regard's
Mr. Richard Wahl

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