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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: ''Michael J Weirsky''<trustloanhome@gmail.com>
Reply-To: micjwisky@aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:09:13 +0200
Subject: Donation / Darowizna



Wszystkiego najlepszego w Nowym Roku!

Nazywam si9 Michael J. Weirsky, bezrobotna z2ota r5czka, zwyci9zca jack=
pota w wysokoBci 273 milion=F3w dolar=F3w w dniu 8 marca 2019 r. Zg2osi2=
em si9 na ochotnika, aby przekaza7 ci kwot9 1 000 000,00 dolar=F3w, aby =
pom=F3c w tej pandemii. Skontaktuj si9 ze mn5 przez e-mail: michjisky@aol=
=2Ecom w celu uzyskania informacji/roszczenia, jeBli jesteB zainteresowan=
y.

Z powaCaniem,
Michael J. Weirsky
micjwisky@aol.com

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Happy New Year!

I am by name Michael J. Weirsky, an Unemployed Handyman, winner of a $273 M=
illion Jackpot on March 8, 2019. I have volunteered to donate the sum of $1=
,000.000.00 to you, to help with this pandemic. Contact me via Email: michj=
isky@aol.com for info/claim if Interested.

Sincerely,
Michael J Weirsky
micjwisky@aol.com






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