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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: PNUD-DRH-GVEH-MONDE <info.pnud.gveh@pnud.org>
Reply-To: pnud.gveh.recruts@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:51:36 +0200
Subject: RECRUTEMENT PNUD/GVEH OFFRE D'EMPLOI MONDE!



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DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE PNUD
(DRH) DÉPARTEMENT
GVEH PROGRAMME

Jeunes Diplômés, Cadres et particuliers,
Ici, le Bureau de la PNUD, nous venons par la suite de cette lettre
d'information porter à votre connaissance que notre Organisation a vient
de lancer un Programme de développement et de lutte contre le chômage
dénommé GVEH (GLOBAL VISION EMPLOI HUMANITAIRE). Si vous êtes le
destinateur de ce compte mail alors notez que pour postuler vous aller
contacter notre office des Ressources Humaines à l'adresse mail:
pnud.gveh.recruts@gmail.com, pour avoir plus d'information concernant le
dossier à fournir pour votre candidature dans les plus brefs délais. Car
les postes à candidatures sont limités: (140 en tous) et la candidature
des femmes est vivement souhaitée alors veuillez communiquer cette
informations autour de vous pour une large diffusion.
Merci pour votre compréhension et disponibilité, dans l'attente de vos
dossiers pré-requises. Notez que pour ce programme le recrutement n'est
pas gratuit comme nous avons l'habitude de le faire afin de limiter le
nombre de postulants et avoir une idées des personnes à sélectionner et
de leur niveau de motivation pour les postes disponibles à pouvoir.
L'Office des Ressources Humaines et de la Communication,
DRH-PNUD/GVEH

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DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR THE UNDP
(HRD) DEPARTMENT
GVEH PROGRAM
Young graduates, executives and individuals,
Here, the UNDP Office, we just eventually this newsletter to inform you
that our Organization has recently launched a Programme of development
and
fight against unemployment referred to as GVEH (GLOBAL VISION
humanitarian
job). If you are the recipient of this mail account then note that go to
you contact our office of human resources at the mail address:
pnud.gveh.recruts@gmail.com, for more information concerning the dossier
to
provide to your application as soon as possible. As positions for
nominations are limited: (140 in all) and the nomination of the women is
strongly desired so please communicate this information around you for
wide
distribution. Thank you for your understanding and availability, in
anticipation of your folders ETCs. Note that for this program
recruitment
is not free as we are used to limit the number of applicants and have an
ideas and people to select their level of motivation for the positions
available to.
The Office of human resources and Communication,
HRD-UNDP/GVEH

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