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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: "CDC HEALTH emergency coronavirus" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <silaskuma2006@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:43:05 +0100
Subject: CDC HEALTH emergency coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Network

Dear Sir/Madam
 
The center for disease control and Prevention (CDC) continues to work to go all out to control an outbreak of a 2019 novel coronavirus.
 
The World Health Organization confirmed 3,405 deaths from COVID-19 in Italy.
 
CDC has established an incident management system to co-ordinate a domestic and international public health response to check mate this virus. Funding of the project is quite a huge costs and we plead for your good-will donation, nothing is too small.
 
This e-plate form is for timely intervention due to holiday extension of our public Institute/ businesses not working. It's really affecting us but together, we must stop the virus! All our research groups have been working around the clock to find a vaccine.
 
Please kindly tell us how much funds you can support us financially.
 
Thank you for your good-will contribution in standing against this virus, you are a hero.
 
Sincerely,
 
CDC-INFO National Contact Center For Donation
National Center for Health Marketing
Division of eHealth Marketing
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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