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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: Orateng Kokozela <oratengkokozela@gmail.com>
Reply-To: manuelfranco4love@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:07:23 -0700
Subject: Der Betrag von 500.000,00 Euro wurde Ihnen gespendet. Kontakt: manuelfranco4love@gmail.com

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Ich bin Manuel Franco und habe am 23. April 2019 den Power Ball
Jackpot im Wert von 758,7 Millionen Dollar gewonnen. Ich gewähre 5
Personen jeweils 500.000,00 Euro und Sie gehören zu den 5 glücklichen
Gewinnern, die ausgewählt wurden, um meine Spende von 500.000,00 Euro
zu erhalten.

Kontaktieren Sie mich für weitere Informationen unter:
manuelfranco4love@gmail.com

Der Betrag von 500.000,00 Euro wurde Ihnen gespendet. Kontakt:
manuelfranco4love@gmail.com

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