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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: Piramal Foundation <smissmackenzie@gmail.com>
Reply-To: piramalfoundation6@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 13:49:03 +0100
Subject: US$1,500,000.00USD Donation for you and your family!!

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Hi,

Congratulations from the Piramal Philanthropies Foundation, where life
changing opportunities and cash are given-out on a daily basis. The
foundation/founder has indeed been a great Philanthropist to this
generation and is truly committed to "giving while living," We are
pleased to inform you that you are one (1) of the lucky people to
benefit and receive $ 1,500,000.00 USD from our foundation's ongoing
goodwill project, grant/donations program. Ajay Piramal (born 3 August
1955) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and the chairman of the
Piramal Foundation and Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in
pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics
and glass packaging.

Is this message sent to a valid e-mail account? Your email account was
randomly selected to receive a cash donation of $ 1,500,000.00 USD
from the Philanthropist. If this is a valid e-mail account, contact us
immediately for comprehensive information.

For more details visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Piramal or
Google Ajay Piramal.

Sincerely,

Narayanan Iyer
Chief Financial Officer
Piramal Foundation

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