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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: SHO GARHA JABALPUR <sho.psgarha-jbp@mppolice.gov.in>
Reply-To: "susanneklatten189@gmail.com" <susanneklatten189@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 06:26:29 +0530 (IST)
Subject: SPENDE





Gru&szlig; an Ihren Bruder/Ihre SchwesterIch beginne damit, mich einzumischen, ich bin Susanne Klatten, ich komme aus Deutschland, ich bin auch ein Investor, ich bin der CEO von BMW und so weiter. Ich biete Ihnen eine Spende an, um in diesem Jahr 2022 ein neues Leben zu beginnen und auch das Leben anderer zu ver&auml;ndern, indem Sie auch spenden.Ich habe 25 Prozent meines pers&ouml;nlichen Verm&ouml;gens f&uuml;r wohlt&auml;tige Zwecke verschenkt, ich spende 1 200 000,00 &euro; an Sie Wenn Sie an meiner Spende interessiert sind, kontaktieren Sie mich f&uuml;r weitere Informationen. Sie k&ouml;nnen auch mehr &uuml;ber mich &uuml;ber den untenstehenden Link lesenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne_KlattenHerzliche Gr&uuml;&szlig;eGesch&auml;ftsf&uuml;hrer Wipro LimitedSusanne KlattenEmail:susanneklatten189@gmail.com

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