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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: Elon Musk <jeffbezos718@gmail.com>
Reply-To: muske425@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 08:12:56 +0100
Subject: Good morning, beloved


Hello,

I know you may be afraid to reply to my mail due to what is happening in
the internet world today. One has to be very careful as scam has taken over
the internet to defraud innocent citizens, this has made it very difficult
for people to believe anything that comes through the internet.

We bring greetings to you in the name of the lord. This message is
sent to you as You have successfully been granted the cumulative sum of
US$2.8
Million as a family donation from Elon Musk Foundation. We decided
to give this amount to randomly selected OF individuals worldwide to
help fight against poverty and COVID -19.
This is 100% Real and Legal and anyone who is not interested should
not bother to reply and shouldn't reply with an abusive word back to us


I’m a philanthropist, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; an early-stage
investor
in the world, 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 help individuals and companies to bounce
back to their respective businesses. On receipt of this email,
you should count yourself as the lucky individual.
Your email address was chosen online while searching at random.


This donation is made out to you 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.my contact to you is not to harm you or bring you into
problem,
but i want to assure you that this Donation is 100% free risk and legal,
I believe that Almighty will touch your heart to help me carry out
this Charity works, for orphanages and less-privileged people around you.


WATCH ME HERE:

https://time.com/6148841/elon-musk-donation/

We await your urgent response

Thanks
Elon Musk .

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