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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: "Mavis L Wanczyk" <infor@inbox.com>
Reply-To: maviswanezyk68@aol.com
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 01:40:11 +0200
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE, PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE




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Good Day,

I am Mavis L Wanczyk, a 53-year old mother of 2 children
from Chicopee,Massachusetts,USA. I won the Power-ball jackpot lottery of
$758 Million.
I have been doing charity work for 15 years and I also play the lottery
every week before I won. So at this point my family and I have decided to
donate $1,500,000.00 USD to ten charities and five lucky individuals
worldwide. Your email was luckily chosen with the assistance of Powerball
Lottery and Gaming (PLG), Google, and Microsoft Corporation who assisted me
to collect mailing Data's for random selection, which I found you through
"Microsoft Powered Message". Please contact me soon through my personal
email (maviswanezyk68@aol.com) for claims.

Email:maviswanezyk68@aol.com

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