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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: Aras Security Agent <arasscrtgnt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: chrishohn85@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 23:18:42 -0800
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Congratulation=2C_You_have_won_=C2=A31=2C000=2C000=2E00?=

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Hello,

My name is Sir Christopher Anthony Hohn born October 1966. I'm a
British billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist. As of 2014
I had given over $4.5 billion to the Children's investment fund
foundation, Churches, organizations and orphanage homes. In April
2020, I made a £2.4 million donation to purchase around 100 SAMBA II
machines to test for COVID-19. And in the year 2021, I decided to give
away £ 1,000,000.00 to the individual, who must have received this
message. If you must have receive this message, know that your email
address is among the lucky winnings of my £1,000,000.00 donation and
your winning Reference number is ZKHRG45K. If you are interested in
this donation, please contact me for more info

You can also find more about me at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hohn

Warm Regard
Hedge funds-Manager
Sir Christopher Anthony Hohn

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