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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.GIOVANNI"<info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gferrero552@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 01:08:44 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?HERZLICHEN_GL=C3=9CCKWUNSCH_3=2E000=2E000=2C00_=E2=82=AC_WURDEN?=
=?utf-8?q?_IHNEN_GESPENDET?=

Hallo,

Ich bin Giovanni Ferrero, ein italienischer Geschäftsmann, Investor, Philanthrop und Präsident (Süßwarenunternehmen Ferrero SpA). Ich habe 20 Prozent meines persönlichen Vermögens für wohltätige Zwecke verschenkt. Und ich habe auch zugesagt, die restlichen 20 % in diesem Jahr 2023 an Einzelpersonen zu verschenken. Ich habe beschlossen, 3.000.000,00 € (drei Millionen Euro) an Sie zu spenden. Wenn Sie an meiner Spende interessiert sind, kontaktieren Sie mich für weitere Informationen.

Unter folgendem Link können Sie auch mehr über mich erfahren

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Ferrero

Herzlicher Gruss
Giovanni Ferrero
Präsident (Süßwarenunternehmen Ferrero SpA)

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