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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: "Juan Miguel Rodriguez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <antoniojuanros1969@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:34:40 -0800
Subject: Endgultige Benachrichtigung


Lieber Gewinner.


Wir möchten diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um Sie darüber zu informieren, dass Sie einer der glücklichen Gewinner unseres internationalen Lotterieprogramms sind.

Sie haben aus unserem Online-Lotterieprogramm die Summe von 5.540.225,10 Euro gewonnen.

Um Ihren Anspruch geltend zu machen, empfehlen wir Ihnen, die folgenden Informationen unten anzugeben.


Name:

Familien-oder Nachname:

Tel:


Finden Sie im Anhang die Originalkopie Ihres Gewinnfonds, die angehängte Datei ist eine sichere und gescannte PDF-Datei und es ist risikofrei.


Danke schön
Juan Miguel Rodríguez
+34 691-297-902
Anwalt

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