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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: Frances Connolly <selehnip@gmail.com>
Reply-To: connollyfamiles@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:29:30 +0200
Subject: A donation of $2,500,000.00.

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Greetings,
We are pleased to inform you that an amount of U$2,500,000.00 has been
donated and given, gifted to you and your family by Frances & Patrick
Connolly Family from County Down in Northern Ireland, who won the Euro
Millions jackpot, the lottery of £115m Euro Millions, part of this
donation, it is for you and your family. This donation is to help
fight against Corona Virus COVID -19 pandemic in the world, and help
the poor people off the streets, also to contribute to poverty
reduction, public donations, public charity, orphanages, less
privileged and help poor individuals in your community please contact
us to claim the money via email for more details.

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