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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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Fraud email example:

From: webmaster@japansanyo.com
Reply-To: contact11.0991@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:18:20 +0200
Subject: DONATION FOR YOU



May the peace of God be with you and your family. I know it will be a great surprise reading from me today but consider this a divine intervention as my pastor explained to my understanding.

My name is Mr. Tayeb Souami, I am an accountant and native of Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States and am writing you from my sick bed because i have been diagnosed with cancer and the doctors says i have only months weeks left. I won the 315.3 million Powerball lottery on May 19, 2018, I have decided that i will be donating part of this to people and Charity organisations.

I want to entrust my money to the tune of (2.5 million Euro) to your care for charity purposes to help the less privileged. Myself and my wife and our pastor have decided that it is best to donate major part of the monies to charity.

I will tell you more about myself and what you need to do with the money once your receive it. Please write me soon as i would like to see to it that you get the money before anything happens. Have a blessed day and please do pray for me. God bless you.

The main reason why you are receiving this email is because You email was randomly selected in a draw that was held by my wife, pastor and attorney. Contact my wife through the claims directly urgently for claims and information.

Email: claims@tscharityfoundation.org

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