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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: "Bezos Family Foundation" <service1@mail.168asp.com.tw>
Reply-To: officessfile@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:08:26 -0700
Subject: Donation From Mr Jeff Bezos,112

Donation From Mr Jeff Bezos,

My name is Mr Jeff Bezos, a philanthropist and an American business magnate,
media proprietor, and investor, I am the founder and chief executive officer of
e-commerce giant Amazon, one the world's multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce,
cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

We offer support to children through innovative education
initiatives. Our core focus is to encourage enterprise through education,
training and building the right skills today so our young people can
become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. I believed strongly in 'giving while
living.' I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should
use your wealth to help people and I have decided to give USD$5,000.000.00
(Five Million United State Dollars) to randomly selected individuals,churches,
worldwide and to provide immediate support to people and businesses suffering economically
from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in
Ukraine and Africa continent . On receipt of this email, you should count
yourself as the lucky individual. You have been awarded $5,000,000.00, by
Bezos Family Foundation, Your email address was chosen at random. Kindly
get back to us at your earliest convenience, so we know your email address
is valid. For more details Google Jeff Bezos.

You are to contact Dr. John Deasy President of the
Bezos Family Foundation for more information if you're
interested.


Dr. John Deasy
drjohndeasyjeffbezosfoundation@gmail.com


Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
Jeff Bezos
Bezos Family Foundation's
1700 7th Ave # 149 Ste 116,
Seattle, Washington, 98101,
United States

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