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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: "UNESCO" <info@unesco.org>
Reply-To: unescopayoutcentre@live.co.uk
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:47:46 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: CASH GRANT.

United Nations Joint Programme.
Division for the Promotion of basic Education
Sector UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy,
F-75352 Paris 07 SP,France.
Fax: +33 1 45 68 56 26/27
www.unesco.org


Qualification numbers (154/4456/011).

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise,
Please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you following our
official publication of results
of an exclusive list of 47,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual
and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot
search from the internet
as part of our international information technology enhancement programme.
No tickets were sold and Applications were also made by national
governments or international
non-governmental organizations,maintaining formal consultative relations
with UNESCO in your country.
This was held on Tuesday 12th of october 2010 here in Paris, France.
A Draft of 500,000,00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)
will be issued in your name. For Validation Purpose ,
Please Forward The Following Information as Listed Below to our Information
and Payment bureau Officer in United Kingdom.

Required Info

Full Names:.
Residential address:.
Tel(Mobile):.
Nationality/Country:.
Age/Sex:.Occupation/Position:
SEND DETAILS FOR VALIDATION Via:

Dr Mariana Patru on: unescopayoutcentre@live.co.uk

or call Tel: +447 045 726 869

Best Regards,
Isabelle Le Fournis,
(Press Relations Section UNESCO)

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