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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: "Mr. Bill Gates" <denisa.ogurcakova@firma.seznam.cz>
Reply-To: <mrbillgate9@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:01:54 -0800
Subject: response.

I BILL GATES 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 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 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, I am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live. although I am a Billionaire investor and we have helped some charity organizations from our Fund.

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

**Full Names:
**Residential Address:
**Occupation:
**Age:
**Phone:
**Country:

Remain Blessed

Regards
Mr. Bill Gates


Je dobré vědět, že tento e-mail a přílohy jsou důvěrné. Pokud spolu jednáme o uzavření obchodu, vyhrazujeme si právo naše jednání kdykoli ukončit. Pro fanoušky právní mluvy - vylučujeme tím ustanovení občanského zákoníku o předsmluvní odpovědnosti. Pravidla o tom, kdo u nás a jak vystupuje za společnost a kdo může co a jak podepsat naleznete zde<https://onas.seznam.cz/cz/podpisovy-rad-cz.html>
Pro sjednanou objednávku jsou závazné Obchodní podmínky, které naleznete: zde<https://www.seznam.cz/reklama/cz/obsahovy-web/obchodni-podminky/>

You should know that this e-mail and its attachments are confidential. If we are negotiating on the conclusion of a transaction, we reserve the right to terminate the negotiations at any time. For fans of legalese—we hereby exclude the provisions of the Civil Code on pre-contractual liability. The rules about who and how may act for the company and what are the signing procedures can be found here<https://onas.seznam.cz/cz/podpisovy-rad-cz.html>.
The Business Terms and Conditions are binding for the agreed order can be found here<https://www.seznam.cz/reklama/cz/obsahovy-web/obchodni-podminky/>.

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