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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: "Antti Herlin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Elizabethdonation@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 21:56:00 -0700
Subject: FUND DONATION FOR YOU

Beneficially email-ID
 
My name is Antti Herlin, a Finnish billionaire businessman and the chairman of the Finnish KONE Corporation, as well as the richest person in Finland – as of May 2021 Forbes reported his net worth as $7.0 billion, naming me the 404th richest person in the world.
 
Please visit my page: https://www.forbes.com/profile/antti-herlin/?sh=4252b41f79a0 or Google my name ( Mr. Antti Herlin ) for more information about me.
 
My billionaire was a gift from my great-grandfather Pekka and I have decided to use this year 2024 to praise Almighty God by a gift sum of Seventy Two million euros each to three lucky people around the world.
 
And upon receipt of this email messages, you should consider yourself one of the lucky individual because your name and Email ID is among those submitted to us from Online Email Verification to receive our free gift donation sum of Seventy Two Million Euro from Revolut Bank UAB Lithuania program from CEO Kone Corporation Foundation Giveaway.
 
Revolut Bank UAB is a bank established in the Republic of Lithuania, registered address: Konstitucijos ave. 21B, Vilnius, 08130, Republic of Lithuania, number of registration 304580906, FI code 70700. Revolut Bank UAB is licensed by the European Central Bank and regulated by the Bank of Lithuania.
 
So, if you are interested in receiving a free gift donation sum of Seventy Two Million Euro, send us your full name, home address and telephone phone number to ( elizabethgift33@gmail.com ) for more information.
 
May the good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and your society once my gift funds donation gets to you.
 
Congratulations.
 
From
Antti Herlin
chairman of the Finnish KONE Corporation
SIGNED

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