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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: "Manuel Franco"<lukasegger121@gmail.com>
Reply-To: manuelfranco7891@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:56:12 +0800
Subject: Re:

Hallå,

Jag är Manuel Franco, du har en donation på $2 800 000,00 (två miljoner åttahundratusen dollar). Jag vann Powerball-lotteriet på 768 miljoner dollar 2019. Jag donerar en del av det till fem lyckliga personer och tio välgörenhetsorganisationer.

Din e-post har valts slumpmässigt från den universella e-postdatabasen. Om du är intresserad av detta, kontakta mig snarast för reklamationer via: manuelfranco7891@gmail.com

Se hela min intervju här: https://youtu.be/R_pDrt1np1U.

Jag gör detta för att hjälpa till att dämpa effekterna av covid-19 på människor. Jag gör mitt bästa för att få ett leende på alla i världen, på alla sätt jag kan.

Vänliga hälsningar,
Manuel.

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