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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: "Maria Chicaiza" <maria.chicaiza@inclusion.gob.ec>
Reply-To: maria.elisabeth8008@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 11:24:35 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?RE=3A_Herzlichen_Gl=C3=BCckwunsch?=


Eine Spende von AC1,700,000 von Maria Elisabeth. Bitte antworten Sie f=FCr=
weitere Informationen an maria.elisabeth8009@gmail.com
Nota de descargo: La informacion contenida en este mensaje y sus anexos tie=
ne caracter confidencial, y esta dirigida unicamente al destinatario de la =
misma y solo podra ser usada por este. Si el lector de este mensaje no es e=
l destinatario del mismo, se le notifica que cualquier copia o distribucion=
de este se encuentra totalmente prohibida. Si usted ha recibido este mensa=
je por error, por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente por este mism=
o medio y borre el mensaje de su sistema. Las opiniones que contenga este m=
ensaje son exclusivas de su autor y no necesariamente representan la opinio=
n oficial del Ministerio de Inclusion Economica y Social.


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