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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" <christinacheng@rlphk.com>
Reply-To: micjiisky@aol.com
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 17:33:06 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: DONATION

あけましておめでとう！

私の名前はマイケルJ.ウィアースキー、失業者の便利屋、2019年3月8日に2億7300万ドルの大当たりの勝者です。私はこのパンデミックを支援するために1,000,000.00ドルを寄付することを志願しました。 興味がある場合の情報/請求については、電子メールで私に連絡してください：micjiisky@aol.com。

敬具、
Michael J. Weirsky
micjiisky@aol.com

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Happy New Year!

My name is Michael J. Weirsky, Unemployed handyman, jackpot winner of $273 million on March 8, 2019. I volunteered to donate $1,000,000.00 to help with this pandemic. Please contact me by email: micjiisky@aol.com for any information / claim if interested.

Yours sincerely,
Michael J. Weirsky
micjiisky@aol.com



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