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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: <remote@sevenleaves.net>
Reply-To: <jiangyu72@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 07:21:24 -0700
Subject: Re: 18.991.674


Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
Mein Name ist Jiang Yu, Finanzberater von Diego Slazar, einem Multimillion=
=E4r. Kann ich Ihnen bei der =DCberweisung von 18.991.674 USD VERTRAUEN. Ko=
ntaktieren Sie mich ohne Probleme f=FCr weitere Informationen: jiangyu72@ao=
l.com
Um ehrlich zu sein, brauche ich bei dieser Transaktion Vertrauen und Respe=
kt zueinander und ich verspreche Ihnen, dass Sie diese Transaktion mit mir =
nicht bereuen werden.
Als Reaktion auf Ihr Interesse, mich zu unterst=FCtzen und mit mir zusamme=
nzuarbeiten, um dieses Gesch=E4ft voranzutreiben, werde ich Ihnen die volls=
t=E4ndigen Details und die Vorgehensweise =FCbermitteln.
Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen
Jiang Yu


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