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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: Miss Kerstin Glaser <lucilia.correia@acm.gov.pt>
Reply-To: "Miss Kerstin Glaser " <kerstinglasercharitygroup@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 01:29:13 +0100 (WEST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Kontakt_f=C3=BCr_Reklamationen!?=



Lieber geliebterIch freue mich sehr, meine Geschichte mit Ihnen zu teilen, Am Miss Kerstin
Glaser, eine 47-j&auml;hrige Frau aus Vernon, die einzige am 6. Januar
559,7 Millionen Dollar Jackpot-Gewinner Powerball hat die Geschichte von Garden State gepr&auml;gt.Deshalb spende ich einen Teil meines Jackpots, der zu wenige gl&uuml;ckliche Gewinner in ganz Europa gewonnen hat. Ich wollte schon immer meine Tr&auml;ume wahr werden lassen, indem ich an die spendete, um finanzielle Bed&uuml;rfnisse zu unterst&uuml;tzen und so vielen Menschen wie m&ouml;glich ein L&auml;cheln zu schenken. Ich bete f&uuml;r jeden gl&uuml;cklichen Gewinner, dass er die Spendengelder sinnvoll einsetzt.Ich spende Ihnen die Summe von 1.800.000,00 Euro aus meinem gewonnenen Jackpot von 559,7 Millionen Dollar.Bitte wenden Sie sich f&uuml;r Anspr&uuml;che auf Ihre Spendengelder so schnell wie m&ouml;glich per E-Mail an: kerstinglasercharitygroup@gmail.com

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