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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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Fraud email example:

From: Maria Schaefler <keronjones119@gmail.com>
Reply-To: maria.schaefler@yandex.com
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 03:29:51 +0100
Subject: Payment

Hello,

How are you my dear friend. Do not be bothered as to why you have been
contacted for this and its genuineness, as I have done so from a pure
motive. I got your email from a web journal and felt strongly about writing
to you. I am Maria Schaeffler, a German citizen in Bamako,Mali,and am 73
years old.

The intention of this email is to be of immense blessing to people. With
my age and my present health condition, I cannot continue to amass wealth
without giving out as I am not sure of tomorrow. I own a net-worth of over
$3.3 Billion. My only son Georg Jnr is so well to do and worth well over
$15 Billion. I have not very much to spend money on, so I am indulging
myself with such an act that will be considered a blessing to others. It is
my hope that as you receive this money it would be of great use to you and
that you can also assist others from it.

As I send this message to you all i need is your NAME,ADDRESS and PHONE
NUMBER so that i can authorize my holding Financiers to release the sum of
One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars (1.700.000.000 USD) to
you,because 1,700.000.000 USD is the amount that i am donating to you and i
do hope you use the money to also touch the lives of people around you in
your own little way.

Please my Friend, this is my personal wealth it doesn't need many formal
procedures, and for the sake that it might seem too easy for you to receive
this gift, I would crave your indulgence not to refer any person whatsoever
to me so that I can have my peace. I am doing this as a free-spirit gift
and I made the contact myself to you, therefore, I would give more to
contact the persons myself. PLEASE do not refer any person and do not make
a public/media show of this as I would not like any publicity of any sort.

I will wait for your email to do further. Stay blessed.

Maria Schaeffler
Bamako,Mali

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