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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: Private Financial Advisor <""@eucatur.com.br>
Reply-To: Dr.b2031960.7@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 04:28:04 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Gro=C3=9Fz=C3=BCgiges_Spendenangebot?=


Haben Sie meine vorherige E-Mail bez=FCglich eines gro=DFz=FCgigen Spendena=
ngebots der Familie Connolly in H=F6he von 7,5 Millionen US-Dollar erhalten?
Vielen Dank f=FCr Ihre Zeit und R=FCcksichtnahme und ich freue mich darauf=
, bald von Ihnen zu h=F6ren.
Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen,
Smith Jerome
Privater Finanzberater

As informa=C3=A7=C3=B5es contidas nesta mensagem e em seus anexos podem ser pessoais e confidenciais sendo seu compartilhamento proibido, seu sigilo protegido por lei e seu uso autorizado somente para os fins especificados. Ap=C3=B3s cessar sua finalidade os dados dever=C3=A3o ser exclu=C3=ADdos permanentemente. Se voc=C3=AA recebeu essa mensagem por engano, por favor, responda imediatamente para que possamos garantir que essa falha n=C3=A3o aconte=C3=A7a novamente, e depois exclua a mensagem recebida para que possamos garantir o seu sigilo.=0A

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