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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: "Cargill, Incorporated" <cargill_inc@hotmail.my>
Reply-To: cargill.inc@hotmail.my
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:25:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

Dear Beneficiary,


Cargill which was founded in 1865 by W.W. Cargill, was conceived with the
objective of Human Growth, Education and Community development. We are
pleased to inform you that as part of our 2011 fiscal year promotion,
Cargill is donating two hundred million dollars, towards the Cargill
Foundation anniversary as specific cash aid to 100 international
recipients worldwide in different categories for business, educational
and personal development, and at least 30% to be used by each for the
development of his/her community or assist those in need. For more
details about our charitable donations please visit our website at
http://www.cargill.com.my/news/index.html.

Cargill's charitable giving efforts reached US $57.5 million for fiscal
year 2010 and based on the random selection exercise from all databases
and websites on the internet, you were selected among the recipients to
receive the sum of USD 2,000,000.00 (Two Million US dollars) as cash aid.
It is therefore my pleasure to officially inform you that you have been
chosen By the Board of trustees of the Cargill Foundation, as one of the
recipients for 2011 Charitable giving for your own personal, educational
and business development.

You are required to contact us with the below information, for
documentation and processing.


Full Names:
Gender:
Date of birth:
Contact Address:
Country:
Phone number(s):
Occupation:
Company Name:
Marriage status:


Cash Aid payments are strictly administered by the respective/authorized
payment offices of the Cargill Foundation in Asia. On behalf of the
Cargill Foundation, board of trustees, kindly accept our warmest
congratulations.


Yours Faithfully,
Mr Jerry Awang
© 2011 Cargill, Incorporated.
http://www.cargill.com



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