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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: "Antti Herlin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jikmyard@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 13:41:52 +0100
Subject: FUND DONATION FOR YOU

Beneficiary EMAIL id.
 
Happy New Year 2022 ?
 
i wishes you every good things your life needs in Jesus Name.
 
My name is Mr. Antti Herlin, the Finland billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Finnish KONE Corporation. My billionaire was a gift of God to me and i have decided to use this Year 2022 to praise Almighty God by giving away the sum of €36 Million Euro each to six lucky individual around the world as a free gift money to make them rich so that they can start enjoy life and provide thier family needs.
 
And your name and Email ID among those selected to receive new donation fund total sum of € 36 Million Euro from me as a free gift money. if you are interested to receive your fund donation from me, make sure you contact me only to my private Email ID at  giftmoneydonation@aol.com .
 
Best Regards.
Mr. Antti Herlin,
Finland billionaire businessman 2022.

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