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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: Peter <ginoguglielmo@tin.it>
Reply-To: mr.peterlynch@citromail.hu
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 11:08:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Donation

Hi

My name is Mr. Peter Lynch an American business magnate, investor and
philanthropist. I am one of the most successful investor in the world.
I believe strongly in 'giving while living’. I had one idea that never
changed in my mind which says that you should use your wealth to help
people and i have decided to give {$1,500,000.00} One Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to randomly selected individuals
worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the
lucky individual.

Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly
get back to me at your earliest convenience before i travel to japan
for my treatment so that I will know your email address is valid.
Email me at (mr.peterlynch@citromail.hu).

Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful and you Can
Google my name for more information: Peter Lynch OR You visit my
website at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lynch
God bless you.
Best Regard
Mr. Peter Lynch

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