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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 Tom :<@gmail.com)
Reply-To: tomcrist484@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 06:16:27 +0200
Subject: Re...


You have a donation of 4,800,000.00 EURO, i won the America lottery worth =
40 million U.S Dollars in America and decided to donate a portion of it to =
five lucky people and charity homes in memory of my late wife who died of c=
ancer. Contact me for more details at: tomcrist484@gmail.com --------------=
--------------------------------------------------------------- Sie haben e=
ine Spende von 4.800.000,00 EURO, ich habe in Amerika die Amerika-Lotterie =
im Wert von 40 Millionen US-Dollar gewonnen und beschlossen, einen Teil dav=
on an f=FCnf gl=FCckliche Menschen und Wohlt=E4tigkeitsorganisationen in Er=
innerung an meine verstorbene Frau zu spenden, die an Krebs gestorben ist. =
Kontaktieren Sie mich f=FCr weitere Informationen unter: tomcrist484@gmail.=
com=20

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