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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: "EUR 500,000.00 " <investorwiprolimited0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: grandfowler01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 15:01:48 +0100
Subject: 500.000,00 EUR

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Hallo Herr / Frau,

Mein Name ist Rinat Achmetow. Ich bin ein ukrainischer Milliardär,
Geschäftsmann, Oligarch und der Gründer und Präsident von System
Capital Management in der Ukraine (Europa). Nachfolgend können Sie
etwas über mich lesen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinat_Akhmetov

Ich beabsichtige, Ihnen im Rahmen unseres Charity-Projekts einen Teil
(Viertel) meines Nettovermögens von jeweils 500.000,00 EUR an 4
Personen weltweit zu geben.

Wenn Sie meine E-Mail erhalten haben, senden Sie uns bitte Ihre Daten
(Name, Land, Telefonnummer, Adresse, Nationalität, Alter, Geschlecht),
damit wir den Betrag von EUR 500.000,00 an unsere Bank überweisen
können, in der Hoffnung, dass dies der Fall sein wird Fall. helfe dir
und anderen auch.

Bestätigungs-E-Mail unten
E-Mail: info.compensation75@aol.com
E-Mail oder Antwort an: grandfowler01@gmail.com
Rinat Achmetow.

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