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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: "Mr. Klaus" <service_kirov@resanta.ru>
Reply-To: klausrosenfeldcharity@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:47:40 -0800
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Kontakt_f=C3=BCr_Reklamationen?=


Hallo, Ich bin Klaus Rosenfeld, deutscher Unternehmer, Investor, Chief Exec=
utive Officer und CEO der SCHAEFFLER Group International. I Klaus Rosenfeld=
versprach, 25 Prozent meines Verm=F6gens an wohlt=E4tige Organisationen un=
d 15 Einzelpersonen zu spenden, ich spende jeweils die Summe von 2.500.000 =
=20AC, ich tue dies, um zu helfen und sich gegenseitig zu unterst=FCtzen. G=
emeinsam k=F6nnen wir die Welt zu einem besseren Ort machen. Bitte z=F6gern=
Sie nicht, sich so schnell wie m=F6glich mit Ihrem gespendeten Geld in Ver=
bindung zu setzen. Kontakt Per E-Mail:klausrosenfeldcharity@gmail.com Danke=
vielmals Herr Klaus Rosenfeld=20
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