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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. Leonard Valentinovich" <khomkrich.c@psu.ac.th>
Reply-To: leonardvalenti@englandmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:53:59 +0300
Subject: DONACION

Hola,

Soy Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik, empresario, inversor, filantropo y presidente britanico (Access Industries). Done el 20 % de mi patrimonio personal a la caridad y tambien me comprometi a donar el 20 % de mi patrimonio este ano 2023 a individuos. He decidido donarte $500,000.00 (Quinientos Mil Dolares). Si esta interesado en mi donacion, pongase en contacto conmigo para obtener mas informacion.

Tambien puedes leer mas sobre mi a traves del siguiente enlace

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Blavatnik

Un cordial saludo
presidente (Industrias de acceso)
Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik

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