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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: "shane missler"<noreply@outlook.com>
Reply-To: shanemissler3@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 15:47:05 +0200
Subject: DONATIOUN VUN 5 MILLION EURO

Dëst ass e perséinlechen Mail, deen mir bei Iech geruff huet. Ech sinn SHANE MISSLER, vun Florida, USA. Wéi Dir scho wësst, hunn ech 2018 $ 451m (330 Milliounen) Lotto Jackpot gewonnen an d'Geld huet mäi Liewe a mäi familiären Liewen geännert, awer et wäert net mäi Häerz änneren, wéi ech am Dag gesot hunn datt ech meng Suen hunn ech benotzen dëse Geld fir d'Hëllef vun der Mënschheet. Ech hu beschloss, fir d'Summe vu 5 Milliounen Euro fir Iech an Är Communautéit ze spenden, dës Donéierung ze schécken, email- (shanemissler0@gmail.com)


Ceci est un courrier personnel que je vous adresse. Je suis SHANE MISSLER, de Floride, États-Unis. Comme vous le savez déjà, j'ai gagné 451 millions de dollars (Lotto Jackpot) en 2018 et l'argent a changé ma vie et celle de ma famille, mais cela ne changera pas mon cœur, comme je l'ai dit le jour où j'ai mon argent, je Je vais utiliser cet argent pour aider l'humanité. J'ai décidé de vous faire don d'une somme de 5 millions d'euros à vous et à votre communauté, pour réclamer ce don, par e-mail (shanemissler0@gmail.com).

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