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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: MS Mavis Wanczyk <defesasocial@itapira.sp.gov.br>
Reply-To: MS Mavis Wanczyk <ms.maviswanczyk00@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 01:29:07 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Dear friend





Dear friend,
I am Ms. Mavis Wanczyk. I won the $ 759 million Powerball lottery on August 25th. 2017 I donate to 5 random people. When you receive this email, your email has been selected for a Spinball. I have distributed most of my fortune to a number of charities and organizations and I have voluntarily chosen to donate an amount of € 5,800,000.00 to you to review my winnings. You can find more information on my You Tube page below. mail: ms.maviswanczyk00@gmail.com
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/24/powerball-lottery-winner-mavis-wanczyk-comes-forward-massachusetts
This is your donation code: [DF00430342018]
Email us now at ms.maviswanczyk00@gmail.com
I hope to make you and your family happy.
Greetings, Ms. Mavis Wanczyk

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