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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: undpexesec@aim.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:16:56 +0100
Subject: Donation Grant


The United Nations Development Program(UNDP),inconjunction with the society
for family health(SFH)and the European Union(EU),is giving out a yearly
donation of US$1,000,000.00USD as a specific Grants to 40 Lucky recipients
worldwide.Fill the form below and email it to our Executive Secretary with
the below contact for processing of your claims.Your Qualification Numbers
are (N-222-6747,E-900-56).

1.NAME:,2.ADDRESS:,3.STATE:,4.COUNTRY:,5.SEX/AGE,17.TEL NUMBER:,8.OCCUPATION:

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:Mr.Jefferson Moore (undpexesec@aim.com)

Kemal Dervis(UNDP Administrator).


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