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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: "Dr Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah" <arikfly.loans@gmail.com>
Reply-To: oxfam.bristish.uk@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:41:43 +0200
Subject:

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Hallo

Ich bin Dr. Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah, CEO der Oxfam British
Charity Organization, Sie haben eine Spende von 2.000.000,00 EUR. Ich
wurde in den 1970er Jahren in Sri Lanka geboren und wuchs zunächst in
einer ländlichen Gemeinde ohne Strom und fließendes Wasser auf. Ich
habe beschlossen, den Willen Gottes zu tun und auch meine gesamten 15
Millionen Dollar in schönem Gedenken an meine Frau zu spenden.

Ihre E-Mail war unter den ausgewählten E-Mails aus unserer
Europa-E-Mail-Verlosung. Für weitere Informationen antworten Sie bitte
auf diese Nachricht und unser Team wird sich bei Ihnen melden.

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