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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 <musamamuda077@gmail.com>
Reply-To: charlesjacksonjrhome@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 05:26:24 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?herzlichen_gl=C3=BCckwunsch_an_dich_und_deine_familie?=


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Sie haben eine Spende von 5.800.000,00 Euro. Ich bin Charles W. Jackson Jr.
Ich habe gewonnen
Bei der Power-Ball-Lotterie im Wert von 344,6 Millionen US-Dollar am 5.
Juni 2019 spende ich einen Teil
von meinem Geld an fünf glückliche Menschen und Ten Charity Organisation.
Deine E-Mail
kam siegreich heraus. Kontaktieren Sie mich dringend für Ansprüche. und


Stellen Sie sicher, dass es 100% legitim ist. Bitte besuchen Sie diese
Seite zur Bestätigung: A.

https://youtu.be/BSr8myiLPMQ


Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns nur unter E-Mail: charlesjacksonjrhome@gmail.com

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