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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. Tayeb Souami" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tayebsouamifoundation22@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 09:30:23 -0700
Subject: Congratulation, You are chosen to receive $5m donation.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I bring greetings to you . This message is sent to you as a notification that you have been chosen to benefit from our charity project aimed at touching lives and helping those that we can across the world as We have been blessed. I won the Powerball Jackpot of $315 Million Dollars for the May 19, 2018 drawing which has $183.2million cash value. We are witness to the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world and it's impacts on the lives of millions of people. I was also recently diagnosed with a chronic terminal disease and sadly so, but this has inspired me to work for humanity.

Therefore my family and I have decided to voluntarily donate the total sum of $133 Million Dollars to charity (Organisations and Individuals). We are currently undertaking massive charity projects in Africa (my continent) where we operate from presently. In this project, we have reached out and donated to organizations and a few people randomly from different sources and modes so as to touch lives from different angles around the world. Count yourself lucky if you are reading this message from me.


You have been listed as one of the lucky recipients to receive $5Million Dollars. This donation is made out to you in good faith so to enable you strengthen your personal issues and mostly to generously help us extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations within your locality.

Should you wish to verify, below are links to that effect.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/3878841-315-million-powerball-lottery-winner-revealed/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/powerball-jackpot-winner-new-jersey-comes-forward-tayeb-souami-2018-06-08/

You are required to forward your particulars to us by using this email
address. ( tayebsouamifoundation22@gmail.com )



Remain Blessed.
Mr. Tayeb Souami

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