419 scam: "Mr. William Kruger" <lwelker@grupogamma.com> =?utf-8?b?RD9sZcW+aXTDoSB6cHLDoXZhOyDigqwgMiwwMDAsMDAwJzAwIEVVUg==?=

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. William Kruger" <lwelker@grupogamma.com>
Reply-To: williamkrugeroffice@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:54:57 -0800
Subject: =?utf-8?b?RD9sZcW+aXTDoSB6cHLDoXZhOyDigqwgMiwwMDAsMDAwJzAwIEVVUg==?=

Jsem William Kruger z Lantany v Palm Beach County, USA. VyhrÃ¡l jsem jackpot 168 milionu dolaru, coÅ¾ je jeden z nejvetÅ¡Ãch jackpotu v loterii. PosÃlÃ¡m vÃ¡m tuto zprÃ¡vu, abych vÃ¡s poÅ¾Ã¡dal o souhlas s realizacÃ fundraisingovÃ©ho projektu, kterÃ½ jsem jiÅ¾ dlouho chtel uskutecnit.

Sotva ti to prijde podezrelÃ©, i kdyÅ¾ je pravda, Å¾e me neznÃ¡Å¡ a jÃ¡ tebe. MÃ¡m rakovinu v terminÃ¡lnÃm stadiu. Muj oÅ¡etrujÃcÃ lÃ©kar mi prÃ¡ve rekl, Å¾e mÃ© dny jsou secteny kvuli mÃ©mu zhorÅ¡ujÃcÃmu se zdravotnÃmu stavu. Podle lÃ©kare se mi v mozkovÃ© kleci chystÃ¡ usadit kulka. TrpÃm touto nemocÃ jiÅ¾ vÃce neÅ¾ 3 roky.

Prijmete prosÃm muj dar. MÃ¡m cÃ¡stku (â‚¬ 2,000,000'00 EUR) jako dar. Prijmete prosÃm tuto cÃ¡stku, protoÅ¾e muÅ¾e bÃ½t pro vÃ¡s velkÃ½m prÃnosem. Pokud prijmete moji nabÃdku, musÃte mi odpovedet prÃmo prostrednictvÃm e-mailu: office@krugerwilliamorg.com

CÃtÃm se velmi Å¡patne a velmi se bojÃm, v noci ani pres den tÃ©mer nespÃm. NemuÅ¾u zemrÃt bez darovÃ¡nÃ vÅ¡ech techto penez, jinak si myslÃm, Å¾e by to byla ztrÃ¡ta. ProtoÅ¾e Bible mluvÃ o kaÅ¾dÃ©m

SnaÅ¾Ãm se oslovit neziskovÃ© sirotcince a prispet ke zmÃrnenÃ chudoby a poskytnout nÃ¡leÅ¾itou zdravotnÃ pÃ©ci jednotlivcum zejmÃ©na behem tÃ©to svetovÃ© pandemie Covid 19. Byl bych takÃ© rÃ¡d, kdybyste cÃ¡st tohoto daru investovali do verejnÃ© infrastruktury na pomoc nezamestnanÃ½m lidem ve vaÅ¡Ã zemi nabÃzet pracovnÃ mÃsta. Vybral jsem si ta, protoÅ¾e ti verÃm. V souvislosti s tÃmto darem potrebuji vaÅ¡i plnou spoluprÃ¡ci. Zde je vÃ¡mi vybrÃ¡n tajnÃ½ kÃ³d: [DFW5649Q2022] a prosÃm, nesdÃlejte tento kÃ³d s nikÃ½m, pokud mÃ¡te zÃ¡jem a chcete se mnou spolupracovat. ProsÃm, kontaktujte me s vaÅ¡Ãm darovacÃm/tajnÃ½m kÃ³dem [DFW5649Q2022] a vaÅ¡Ãm celÃ½m jmÃ©nem zde na muj soukromÃ½ e-mail: office@krugerwilliamorg.com

William Krueger
Moje prÃmÃ¡ poÅ¡ta na odpoved: office@krugerwilliamorg.com
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