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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: dot
Reply-To: guanyinshum4@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:35:03 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?b?JDksMzU2LDY2OSBVU0Qgw7xiZXJ3ZWlzZW4/?=


Sehr geehrte respektvoll, Mein Name ist Frau Guan-yin Shum von der CITIBANK=
, Finanzberaterin von Diego Slazar, einem Multimillion=E4r. Kann ich Ihnen =
bei der =DCberweisung von 9.356.669 USD VERTRAUEN? Kontaktieren Sie mich oh=
ne Probleme f=FCr weitere Informationen: guanyinshum4@gmail.com Um ehrlich =
zu sein, was ich bei dieser Transaktion brauche, ist Vertrauen und Respekt =
zueinander, und ich verspreche Ihnen, dass Sie diese Transaktion mit mir ni=
cht bereuen werden. Als Reaktion auf Ihr Interesse, mich bei diesem Deal zu=
unterst=FCtzen und mit mir zusammenzuarbeiten, werde ich Ihnen die vollst=
=E4ndigen Details und den Ablauf weiterleiten. Frau Guan-yin Shum

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