419 scam: Manuel Franco <garantia@atri.com.br> Hallo

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Manuel Franco <garantia@atri.com.br>
Reply-To: manuelfranco299@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:35:09 -0700
Subject: Hallo

Mein Name ist Manuel Franco aus den Vereinigten Staaten. Meine Frau und ich=
m=F6gen diese Gute Neuigkeiten mit dir teilen. Im April 2022 habe ich eine=
n Powerball-Jackpot 768 Millionen Dollar gewonnen. Wir entschieden uns aufg=
rund dieses Coronavirus, das 5 zuf=E4llig ausgew=E4hlte Menschen t=F6tet
Spenden Sie, damit Sie diese E-Mail verwenden k=F6nnen, um Ihren Gemeinden =
zu helfen zu helfen. Dann wird Ihre E-Mail von Spinball ausgew=E4hlt. Ich h=
abe die Gr=F6=DFte Ich habe einen Teil meines Verm=F6gens an eine Reihe von=
Wohlt=E4tigkeitsorganisationen gespendet. Ich habe mich freiwillig entschi=
eden, einen Betrag von EUR 2.800.000,00 zu zahlen spenden. Als einer meiner=
5 gl=FCcklichen Auserw=E4hlten antwortest du Klicken Sie auf diese E-Mail,=
um weitere Informationen zu erhalten. das ist deins Spendencode: [MF432201=
9] Antworten Sie auf diese E-Mail mit einem Spendencode:manuelfranco4313@gm=
ail.com Ich hoffe, Sie machen Ihre Familie gl=FCcklich. Gr=FC=DFe Manuel Fr=
anco und Familie

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