419 scam: Manuel Franco <atosoficiais@itapira.sp.gov.br> 2.800.000,00 Euro

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Manuel Franco <atosoficiais@itapira.sp.gov.br>
Reply-To: manuelfranco234@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:31:12 +0200
Subject: 2.800.000,00 Euro

Mein Name ist Manuel Franco aus den USA. Ich und meine Frau m=F6chten diese=
gute Nachricht mit Ihnen teilen. Ich habe im April 2019 den Powerball-Jack=
pot in H=F6he von 768 Millionen US-Dollar gewonnen. Wir haben beschlossen, =
aufgrund dieses Koronavirus, der Menschen t=F6tet, an 5 zuf=E4llige Persone=
n zu spenden Sie k=F6nnen es also verwenden, um Ihren Communitys zu helfen,=
wenn Sie diese E-Mail erhalten. Dann wurde Ihre E-Mail aus einem Spinball =
ausgew=E4hlt. Ich habe den gr=F6=DFten Teil meines Verm=F6gens an eine Reih=
e von Wohlt=E4tigkeitsorganisationen verteilt. Ich habe mich freiwillig ent=
schlossen, Ihnen den Betrag von 2.800.000,00 Euro zu spenden. Als einer mei=
ner gl=FCcklichen 5 ausgew=E4hlten Personen antworten Sie auf diese E-Mail,=
um weitere Informationen zu erhalten. Dies ist Ihr Spendencode: [MF4322019=
] Antworten Sie auf diese E-Mail mit dem Spendencode: manuelfranco234@outlo=
ok.com Ich hoffe du machst deine Familie gl=FCcklich. Gr=FC=DFe Manuel Fran=
co und Familie=20

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