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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 Jeffrey P. Bezos" <solobenjamin33@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jeffreyprestonbe@aol.com
Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 22:48:04 -0700
Subject: IAM MR JEFF BEZOS, INVESTOR AND CHARITY DONATION

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My name is Jeff Bezos, an American technology entrepreneur, investor,
and charity Donations. I'm the founder, CEO and president of
AMAZON.COM, Inc. I believe strongly in giving while living’ I had one
idea that never changed in my mind? that you should use your wealth
to help people and i have decided to give Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, to randomly selected
individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count
yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online
while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest
convenience, so I know your email address is valid,
You can visit this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos
Do make sure you provide me with your complete information below, so
that I will forward it to my selected payout bank for disbursement.

Your Name.
Your Address.
Country.
Age.
Occupation:.
Sex.
Mobile.

Reply Back For More Information.
jeffreyprestonbe@aol.com).
Best Regard,
Jeffrey.P Bezos

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