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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: "DBZ Project Team" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info1@dbzmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:55:25 -0000
Subject: DBZ Project Team(Info).

Lieber Bewohner, lieber

Die DBZ Project Foundation hat 25 Millionen US-Dollar für Notfallzuschüsse für kleine Unternehmen und einzelne Projekte bereitgestellt.
Der Betrag variiert zwischen 300.000,00 USD und 800.000,00 USD pro Antragsteller.

Die Bewerbung beginnt am 27. April unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse: info47@dbzmail.com

Sie finden Details in mehreren Sprachen, die erforderlichen Bewerbungsunterlagen und ein Bewerbungsformular.

HINWEIS: Diese Spende gilt für die ersten 30 Bewerber.

Vielen Dank,

DBZ-Projektteam (Weltstiftungsgruppe).
E-Mail: info47@dbzmail.com.
E-Mail: donationbudgetzonefoundation@gmail.com.




















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