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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: Azim Hashim Premji <mrmarkcole04@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: azimhashim011@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:55:35 -0700
Subject:

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Hallo,

Ich bin Azim Hashim Premji, ein indischer Wirtschaftsmagnat, Investor
und Philanthrop. Ich bin der Vorsitzende von Wipro Limited. Ich habe
25 Prozent meines persönlichen Vermögens für wohltätige Zwecke
verschenkt. Und ich habe auch zugesagt, den Rest von 25% in diesem
Jahr 2020 an Einzelpersonen COVID-19 Financial zu verschenken. Ich
habe beschlossen, 2.000.000 Euro an Sie zu spenden. Wenn Sie an meiner
Spende interessiert sind, kontaktieren Sie mich für weitere
Informationen.

Sie können auch mehr über mich über den unten stehenden Link lesen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji

Herzlicher Gruss
CEO Wipro Limited
Azim Hashim Premji
E-Mail: azimhashim011@gmail.com

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