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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: "Mrs. Cathy Boyd" <cathyboyd@orprahfoundation.com>
Reply-To: cathyboyd_orprahfoundation@aol.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:57:07 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: Very Important Notification...




OPRAH WINFREY FOUNDATION.
HUMAN INTEREST CENTER
1133 19th St. N.W.
20036 HEAD OFFICE WASHINGTON
Ref:O.P.F/WBO/042SWISS/2012.

Attention: Sir/Madam,

You may not understand why this mail came to you. My name is Elizabeth Rice
a Payment Official to the Oprah Winfrey Foundation Washington State.
Actually we have been having a meeting for the past 3 months which
just ended Few days ago with Mrs Oprah Winfrey and the secretary
General to the human interest center.


This email is to all the people that have been passing through un-paid
contract sum, also for those that lost their properties to the 2011
disaster,Scam Victims and for those that want to rebuild their
personal business in any part of the world, the OPRAH WINFREY
FOUNDATION IN Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed to freely assist
victims with the sum of USD$1,000,000.00 and above.

This also includes every foreign contractors that may have not
received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished
transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government
problems etc. We found your name in the list of those who are to
benefit from these 2013 Edition exercise and that is why we are
contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed. You
are advised to keep this good news to your self as it is being
confidential for security reasons.

You are required to state your preferred method of receiving this
payment.However we now have three method of making out our payment to
beneficiaries and they are stated below.

1.CREDIT CARD PAYMENT---This is whereby we credit your $1,000,000
million usd into your personal credit card VISA OR MASTER CARD to
enable you withdraw out your money easily at any time.

2.CASH TRUNK BOX PAYMENT----This is whereby we also load your stated
amount inside a trunk box with the opening code and have our special
delivery agent dispatch it to your door step within 12 hour.

3.TELEPHONE BANKING TRANSFER PAYMENT----This is whereby we use our telex
unit to transfer all your money into your personal bank account
for easy with drawer.


Kindly choose from any of the above method of payment and get back to
us to enable us start up the processing of your acceptance of claim
and have your money ready for today transaction.

I apologize on behalf of my organization for any delay you might have
encountered in receiving your fund in the past. Thanks and remain
blessed. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your payment.

We are waiting to serve you better.
Making the world a better place.From Washington,

Mrs. Elizabeth Rice
PAYMENT OFFICER
OPRAH WINFREY FOUNDATION

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