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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: Silvina Cabrita <silvina.cabrita@ips.pt>
Reply-To: "lmtfoundationcare@gmail.com" <lmtfoundationcare@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 04:05:41 +0000
Subject:

Hallo mein Freund, unabhängig davon, wo Sie diese E-Mail in Ihrem Posteingang oder Junk-/Spam-Postfach finden, empfehle ich Ihnen, sie aufrichtig zu behandeln, um positive Antworten zu erhalten, die in Zukunft große Erfolge wünschen.
Die Summe von zwei Millionen Euro (2,000.000,00 €) wurde Ihnen von der Love You More Trust Foundation gespendet, die am 5. Juni 2021 den Powerball Jackpot von 286 Millionen Dollar gewonnen hat. Kontaktieren Sie den CEO der Stiftung für weitere Informationen über seine E-Mail nur unter: lmtfoundationcare@gmail.com

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