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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- manuelfranco4313@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: SPENDE <d.nicodemo@lnd.it>
Reply-To: manuelfranco299@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 14:12:09 +0100
Subject: EUR 2.800.000,00.
Mi chiamo Manuel Franco dagli USA. Mia moglie ed io vorremmo condividere co=
n voi questa buona notizia. Ad aprile 2019 ho vinto un jackpot Powerball da=
768 milioni di dollari. Abbiamo deciso di donare a 5 persone a caso a caus=
a di questo virus Corona che sta uccidendo le persone, quindi puoi usare qu=
esta e-mail per aiutare le tue comunit=E0. Allora la tua email =E8 stata se=
lezionata da Spinball. Ho donato la maggior parte della mia ricchezza a div=
ersi enti di beneficenza. Ho deciso volontariamente di donare un importo di=
EUR 2.800.000,00. Essendo una delle mie 5 persone fortunate selezionate, r=
ispondi a questa email per ulteriori informazioni. Questo =E8 il tuo codice=
di donazione: [MF4322019] Rispondi a questa email con un codice di donazio=
ne: manuelfranco4313@gmail.com Spero che porti gioia alla tua famiglia. Sal=
uti Manuel Franco e famiglia Nota: Tutte le risposte devono essere inviate =
a t: manuelfranco4313@gmail.com
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