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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: ''Charles jackson'' <homero.montoya@distrito24d01.saludzona5.gob.ec>
Reply-To: charlesjacksonjr001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:43:56 +0200
Subject: spende von 2,000,000 euro

Lieber Freund,


Ich bin Herr Charles W Jackson, North Carolina, Vereinigte Staaten von
Amerika, der Mega-Gewinner von 344 Millionen US-Dollar. Beim
Mega-Millions-Jackpot spende ich an 5 zuf&auml;llige Personen. Wenn
Sie diese E-Mail erhalten, wurde Ihre E-Mail zu einem Spinball, den ich
am h&auml;ufigsten verteilt habe von meinem Verm&ouml;gen an
eine Reihe von Wohlt&auml;tigkeitsorganisationen. Ich habe mich
freiwillig entschlossen, Ihnen als einer der ausgew&auml;hlten 5
einen Betrag von &euro; 2.000.000,00 zu spenden, um meine Gewinne zu
&uuml;berpr&uuml;fen.

Dies ist Ihr Spendencode: [CJ530342019]



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Antworten Sie auf diese E-Mail mit dem SPENDER-CODE:


charlesjacksonjr001@gmail.com

Ich hoffe, Sie und Ihre Familie gl&uuml;cklich zu machen

Sch&ouml;ne Gr&uuml;&szlig;e

Mr. Charles Jackson

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