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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: Robert Bailey <wilfredkings02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rb353594@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:01:24 -0800
Subject: spende

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Ich bin Robert Bailey, ehemaliger Regierungsangestellter in Harlem und
Gewinner des Powerball Lottery Jackpots in Höhe von 343,8 Millionen
US-Dollar am 27. Oktober 2018. "Google and Microsof" hat mir Ihre
"E-Mail-Adresse" im Zusammenhang mit meiner Bitte um eine Spende von
gesendet 3.000.000,00 EUR. Ich spende diesen Betrag von 3 Millionen
Euro an Sie, um Wohltätigkeitsorganisationen und arme Menschen in
Ihrer Gemeinde zu unterstützen und die Welt zu einem besseren Ort für
alle zu machen. Weitere Informationen zu meinem Gewinn finden Sie auf
meiner Website:
https://nypost.com/2018/11/14/meet-the-winner-of-the-biggest-lottery-jackpot-in-neue-york-geschichte/,
damit Du bist nicht skeptisch gegenüber dieser Spende und meinem
YouTube-Kanal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5vT18Ysavc. Bitte
beachten Sie, dass alle Antworten an meine private E-Mail-Adresse
gesendet werden müssen:
(rb353594@gmail.com), um diese Spende anzufordern.

Robert Bailey

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