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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: william.hook0@gmail.com
Reply-To: apremji9@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:36:17 +0100
Subject: Spende


Ich bin * Azim Hashim Premji *, en in indisches Wirtschaftsmagazin, Investo=
ren und Philanthropen. Ich bin Vorsitzender von Wipro Limited. Ich habe 25 =
Prozent meines pers=F6nlichen Verm=F6gens Anwendungen Und ich habe auch den=
Rest von 25% versprochen verschenken im Jahr 2022. Ich habe mich entschlos=
sen, Ihnen 1.000.000,00 zu gebenHet hangt af van Euro *. Wenn Sie sich f=FC=
r meine Spende interessieren,Kontaktieren Sie mich f=FCr weitere Informatio=
nen. Ich zal auch zijn Sie sind Teil meiner gemeinn=FCtzigen Stiftung, soba=
ld Sie das Geld bekommen damit wir die Armen vers=F6hnen k=F6nnen Helfen Si=
e k=F6nnen auch mehr =FCber mich =FCber den folgenden Link lesen Neem conta=
ct met ons op per e-mail voor informatie: apremji9@gmail.com Dein CEO Wipro=
Limited

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