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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: " Mr.Azim Hashim Premji " <bridgewaterloansss@gmail.com>
Reply-To: azimpremjiazim79@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:37:37 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?q?URGENT_RESPONSE/URGENTN=C3=81_ODPOVED?=


Hello I'm Azim Hashim Premji, an Indian business tycoon, investor, and phil=
anthropist. I'm the chairman of Wipro Limited. I gave away 25 percent of my=
personal wealth to charity. And I also pledged to give away the rest of 25=
% this year 2022.. I have decided to donate $1,000,000.00USD to you. This i=
s to help combat the corona virus covid-19 study and help the poor off the =
street. If you are interested in my donation, do contact me for more info. =
I will also want you to be part of my Charity Foundation once you receive t=
his money so we can join hands together to help the needy.. You can also re=
ad more about me via the link below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Prem=
ji Contact for more details: azimpremjiazim79@gmail.com Warm Regard CEO Wip=
ro Limited ----------------------------------------------------------------=
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------------------ Ahoj Som Azim Hashim Premji, indick=FD obchodn=FD magn=
=E1t, investor a filantrop. Som predsedom Wipro Limited. Dal som 25 percent=
svojho osobn=E9ho bohatstva na charitu. A tie=9E som sa zaviazal rozdat zv=
y=9An=FDch 25 % v tomto roku 2022. Rozhodol som sa v=E1m darovat 1 000 000,=
00 USD. Toto m=E1 pom=F4ct v boji proti =9At=FAdiu koronav=EDrusu covid-19 =
a pom=F4ct chudobn=FDm z ulice. Ak m=E1te z=E1ujem o m=F4j dar, kontaktujte=
ma pre viac inform=E1ci=ED. Budem tie=9E chciet, aby ste boli s=FAcastou m=
ojej charitat=EDvnej nad=E1cie, ked dostanete tieto peniaze, aby sme mohli =
spojit ruky a pom=E1hat t=FDm, ktor=ED to potrebuj=FA. Viac si o mne m=F4=
=9Eete prec=EDtat aj prostredn=EDctvom odkazu ni=9E=9Aie https://en.wikiped=
ia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji Pre viac inform=E1ci=ED kontaktujte: azimpremjiazim=
79@gmail.com Vrel=E1 =FActa CEO Wipro Limited

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