419 scam: assistente.sociale@comune.bevagna.pg.it Ich habe beschlossen, 1.000.000,00 Euro an Sie zu spenden.

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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: assistente.sociale@comune.bevagna.pg.it
Reply-To: mariaelisabethschaeffler022@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:40:44 -0800
Subject: Ich habe beschlossen, 1.000.000,00 Euro an Sie zu spenden.

Hallo, Ich bin Maria Elisabeth, eine deutsche Gesch=E4ftsfrau und Investori=
n, und nachdem ich meinen Mann im Krankenhausbett verloren habe, hat er mir=
gesagt, ich solle 1.000.000,00 Euro an einen guten Menschen wie Sie spende=
n. Ich habe 35 Prozent meines Privatverm=F6gens f=FCr wohlt=E4tige Zwecke g=
espendet. Und auch die restlichen 35 % habe ich mir vorgenommen, dieses Jah=
r 2023 an Privatpersonen zu verschenken. Ich habe mich entschieden, 1.000.0=
00,00 Euro an Sie zu spenden. Wenn Sie an meiner Spende interessiert sind, =
kontaktieren Sie mich bitte f=FCr weitere Informationen. Sie k=F6nnen auch =
mehr =FCber mich =FCber den untenstehenden Link lesen Sie k=F6nnen hier seh=
en: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria-Elisabeth_Schaeffler =3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen, Frau Mari=
a Elisabeth, Vorsitzende Supermarktkette.

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