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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: Jeff Bezos Foundation <ekumaonuigbomoses@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jeffbezosfoundation10@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:32:13 +0530
Subject: Re: Donation Of $5 Million From Mr Jeff Bezos

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Greetings to You have been gifted $5 MILLION USD From Mr Jeff Bezos.
Contact me at this email for your claim: jeffbezosfoundation10@gmail.com


I hope this information meet you well as I know you will be curious to know
why/how I selected you to receive a sum of $5,000,000,00 USD, our
information below is 100% legitimate, please see the link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos; Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen was
born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor,
investor, and computer engineer.He is the founder and executive chairman of
Amazon, where he previously served as the president and CEO.With a net
worth of almost $200.1 billion as of September 2021, he is either the
wealthiest or second-wealthiest person ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos



I Jeff Bezos and my foundation decided to donate the sum of $5,000,000,00
USD to you as part of our charity project to improve the 10 lucky
individuals all over the world from our $65 Billion Usd I and My foundation
Mapped out to help people. We prayed and searched over the internet for
assistance and i saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked
you. My foundation and i have decided to make sure this is put on the
internet for the world to see. as you could see from the webpage above,am
not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live.
although am a Billionaire investor and we have helped some charity
organizations from our Fund.


You see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family
members,Before we die we decided to donate the remaining of our Billions to
other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the
red cross, Covid, hospitals around the world, and some other organizations
in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, alzheimer's and
diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposited with our payout bank of this
charity donation. we have kept just 30% of the entire sum to our self for
the remaining days because i am no longer strong am sick and am writing you
from hospital computer .and me and my wife will be traveling to Germany for
Treatment.


To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($5,000,000,00 USD) which
have been donated solely to you, you are to send me

your full names.................
your contact address.........
country :...............
your personal telephone number...............

SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS TO
jeffbezosfoundation10@gmail.com
jeffbezosfoundation10@gmail.com
jeffbezosfoundation@outlook.com



so that i can forward your payment information to you immediately. I am
hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over
there in your City. please you have to do your part to also alleviate the
level of poverty in your region, help as many you can help once you have
this money in your personal account because that is the only objective of
donating this money to you in the first place.


Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful You Can Google my
name for more information: Jeff Bezos Foundation

Remain Blessed

Regards
Tom A. Alberg
Managing Director
Director
Mr Jeff Bezos
jeffbezosfoundation10@gmail.com
jeffbezosfoundation@outlook.com

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