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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: "Prince Alwaleed bin Talal" <sales@g-link.com.hk>
Reply-To: judyburton01@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 06:51:25 -0700
Subject: RE: ALWALEED PHILANTHROPIES DONATION FOR CORVID19.


Hi,

I know it will be a great surprise reading from me today but consider this a divine intervention as Imam explained to my understanding, My name is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, A philanthropist, the CEO and Chairman of alwaleed philanthropies a Charitable Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the world. I am also the Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company whose investments range from luxury hotels, including The Four Seasons Savoy Hotel in London, and media, such as News Corp and Time Warner.

I believe strongly in‘giving while living’ I had one idea that never changed in my mind, that you should use your wealth to help people and your religion should not make you deprive the needies be you Christian or Muslim and i have decided to donate $5Billion Dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide each person receiving {$60,000,000.00} Sixty Million United Dollars only, I am making this donation in order to build a better world of tolerance, acceptance, equality and opportunity for all and also I wished to contribute to the elimination of poverty and famine in the land since the attack of Corona Virus Pandemic, and to support development, health and education in the most deprived communities. The beneficiaries will spend the money on developing communities, providing disaster relief and supporting women and young people in their community. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly Contact my Secretary in London Mrs.Judy Burton at your earliest convenience with the following details so she will know your email address is valid.You can Google me visiting my website below: https://www.alwaleedphilanthropies.org/

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E-mail: judyburton01@yahoo.com

Warmest Regards,
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

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