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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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Fraud email example:

From: Azim Hashim Premji <michealbrown012345@gmail.com>
Reply-To: azimpremjiazim79@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:15:08 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?q?URGENT_RESPONSE_/_URGENTN=C3=81_ODPOVED?=

Hello I'm Azim Hashim Premji, an Indian business tycoon, investor, and
philanthropist. I'm the chairman of Wipro Limited. 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.. I have decided to donate
$1,000,000.00USD to you. This is to help combat the corona virus
covid-19 study and help the poor off the street. If you are interested
in my donation, do contact me for more info. I will also want you to
be part of my Charity Foundation once you receive this money so we can
join hands together to help the needy.. You can also read more about
me via the link below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azim_Premji
Contact for more details: azimpremjiazim79@gmail.com Warm Regard CEO
Wipro Limited.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dobrý den, som Azim Hashim Premji, indický obchodný magnát, investor a filantrop. Som predsedom Wipro Limited. Dal som 25 percent svojho osobného bohatstva na charitu. A tiež som sa zaviazal rozdat zvyšných 25 % v tomto roku 2022. Rozhodol som sa vám darovat 1 000 000,00 USD. Toto má pomôct v boji proti štúdiu koronavírusu covid-19 a pomôct chudobným z ulice. Ak máte záujem o môj dar, kontaktujte ma pre viac informácií. Budem tiež chciet, aby ste boli súcastou mojej nadácie Charity, ked dostanete tieto peniaze, aby sme mohli spojit ruky a pomáhat tým, ktorí to potrebujú. Viac si o mne môžete precítat aj prostredníctvom odkazu nižšie https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Azim_Premji
Kontakt pre dalšie podrobnosti: azimpremjiazim79@gmail.com Warm Regard CEO
Wipro Limited.

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