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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:

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Manuel Franco <vbu77@mail.goo.ne.jp>
Reply-To: pmdonation@biznetvigator.com
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:12:05 +0900
Subject: GOOD NEWS FOR YOU

Good day lucky winner Email Owner,

I am Mr. Manuel Franco the current winner of $768.4 million in Powerball lottery on APRIL 23th, 2019 drawing, I want to inform you that I'm donating {$12.5 Millions} to 5 random individuals from any part of worldwide and if you get this email then your email was selected after a spin ball. I have spread most of my wealth over a number of charities and organizations. I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of {$12.5 Millions} to you as one of the selected {5}, to verify my winnings please see my interview by visiting this link below. https://abcnews.go.com/US/winner-768-million-powerball-jackpot-revealed/story?id=62571392,

Firstly, I must express my gratitude towards your interest to accept this donation and assist us with our charitable course, I was never a believer of luck until I won the lottery, the same luck that drew me to this fortune has attracted me to you. Your email address was submitted to us by the Email internet management teams as an email User and a part of our donation list your Email ID is among those listed to receive the donation sum of US$12,500,000.00 through the help of my accountant agent Mr. Edward Manzi jr the Chairman & CEO of Fidelity Bank Headquarters. Be rest assured that you are not at any risk with this money.

The $12,500,000.00 donation we are offering you might not be too much for you or your business but I believe it's enough to assist you in helping others to keep humanity alive even in the face of this great adversity. We have chosen you to be a part of these blessings because we believe that there is an expression of worship. I would like to advise you to keep this to yourself until the donations get to you.

Make sure you contact Mr. Edward Manzi jr yourself with below information to enable quick releasing the donation payment to you because bankers are always engaged with many customers activities. THIS IS YOUR WINNING NUMBER:[ FRANCO19022FUNDS ] make sure you [email] Mr. Edward Manzi jr your WINNING NUMBER [ FRANCO19022FUNDS ] and also email him your personal information if you want him to release your payment of {$12.5 Millions} to you.

Contact Person: Mr. Edward Manzi jr
Email: emanzi@biznetvigator.com
Tel: +1 (978) 440-4155---> TEXT MESSAGE ONLY AND YOU CAN TEXT HIM ONCE YOU EMAIL HIM YOUR INFO FOR URGENT NOTIFICATION

Please make sure you send Mr. Edward Manzi jr your full information listed below because he will need those information to keep records of you and also for the financial institution to assign the donation to you.

FULL NAME:.
AGE:.
GENDER:.
ADDRESS:.
COUNTRY:.
OCCUPATION:.
PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER:.
OFFICE PHONE NUMBER:.
PERSONAL WHATSAPP NUMBER:
A PICTURE OF YOUR ID OR PASSPORT:.

Mr. Edward Manzi jr also receives text messages at +1 (978) 440-4155 for bank business only. You can text him anytime about your donation payment for urgent notification.

Therefore: you hereby advise to make sure that you comply with every instruction once you contact Mr. Edward Manzi jr the Chairman & CEO of Fidelity Bank Headquarters today because the new payment of US$12.5 Million sign in your name is 100% genuine with due process of law,

HOWEVER, THIS TRANSACTION IS BEING MONITORED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO GUARD US FROM SCAM INTERNET ACTIVITIES.

Hope to make you and your family happy.
Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance,

Best regards.
Mr. Manuel Franco
Remains blessed from Mr. Manuel Franco Funds Donation Families.

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/JUNK folder , that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, I urge you to treat it genuinely and kindly move it to your inbox.

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