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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: From Manuel Franco <andrewtweedie25@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mercyoffice59@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 06:27:43 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: Watch this;ttps://youtu.be/R_pDrt1np1U

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Hello, I am Manuel Franco, you have a donation of $10,500.000.00 USD I
won the $768 million Power ball lottery on March 27, 2019, I am
donating to Charity organizations and the Less privilege Your email
came out victorious. Contact me urgently for claims watch my full
interview here: ttps://youtu.be/R_pDrt1np1U.

My reasons for this donation is because i know how it feels to have
nothing. I am doing my best to put a smile in the faces of some lucky
people in the world, in every way i can.

Sorry if you may receive this message in your spam due to the poor
network failure.

Best Regards
Manuel Franco

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