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I received an email promising millions of dollars / euros / pounds. Is this a scam?

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I received an email promising millions of dollars / euros / pounds. Is this a scam?

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If you received an email telling you you’ve won millions in a lottery or asks for help moving millions of dollars to another country, don’t let greed get the better of common sense. These letters are frauds, even if the sender email address doesn’t appear on my list yet. No lottery notifies winners by email. Even if they did, they certainly wouldn’t be using accounts at free email services to do so. Former dictators, their family members, African bankers, etc do not need to contact total strangers to move money around. The people who operate the “419” scam are hoping to find victims who are greedy or desperate for money more than they have common sense, so they can take thousands of dollars in advance fees for fortune that doesn’t exist. I have a scam email from an address that’s not on your list. Can I send it? We welcome message submissions for addition to the list. Please forward the original message, ideally as an attachment. In any case we need both the sender address of the spam

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