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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: Stefano Pessina <stef@info.com>
Reply-To: s_pessina@aol.com
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 16:55:21 -0300
Subject: Congratulations



--
Dear Email Owner:


I am Stefano Pessina, an Italian business tycoon, investor, and
philanthropist, the vice chairman, chief executive officer and the
single largest shareholder of Walgreens Boots Alliance. 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 to Individuals. I have decided to donate
$2,200,000.00USD
(Two million two hundred thousand dollars)to you. If you are interested
in my
donation, do contact me for more info s_pessina@aol.com, You can also
read more
about me via the link below


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Pessina


Regards
Stefano Pessina
CEO Walgreens Boots Alliance

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