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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: "Markrich Group Switzerland" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donation2013.swissfoundation@yahoo.no>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:17:31 -0700
Subject: Markrich Group Switzerland Donation 2013

The Swiss Foundation
Grafenaustrasse 11
6300 Zug
Switzerland
Tel:+41 7090 700
Email: donation2013.swissfoundation@yahoo.no
www.markrich.org


GRANT AID NOTIFICATION





The Marc Rich Group is internationally active and engaged in the management of a diversified portfolio of financial market instruments and real estate projects. Its business includes direct investments in stocks, investment funds, currencies and the construction of residential, office and shop buildings. Recently, the Marc Rich Group is engaged and active in the international art market through MR Art Trading GmbH, Zug.

In 1974, Marc Rich, together with his partners Pincus Green and Alec Hackel, founded the Marc Rich + Co AG (company limited by shares) in Zug, Switzerland, a commodity trading company which was renamed Marc Rich + Co Holding AG in 1987, while the commodity trading business continued to operate as Marc Rich + Co AG. In 1997, the Marc Rich + Co Holding AG was reorganised as a GmbH (limited partnership) which it remains to date.

In 1993/94, Marc Rich sold his interest in the Marc Rich + Co AG to the company’s senior traders. The company was renamed Glencore International after the sale. Glencore, the former Marc Rich + Co AG, also held a 53% interest in Südelektra Holding AG, which is today known as Xstrata. In 1996, Marc Rich returned to the commodity business arena by forming a smaller commodities trading group, which was sold to its management in 2003.

Marc Rich, in close partnership with Denise Rich, Libby and Pincus Green and Val and Alec Hackel, founded The Rich Foundations. The Rich Foundations are made up of The Marc Rich Foundation for Education, Culture and Welfare, The Gabrielle Rich Leukemia Research Foundation and The Swiss Foundation for the Doron Prize. For over 20 years more than $150'000'000 were allocated to approximately 4000 projects and individuals engaged in non-profit work in education, culture, social welfare and healthcare as well as in building up democracy and civil society.



Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites and millions of supermarket cash invoices worldwide,you were selected among the yearly ten reipients to receive the The Gabrielle Rich Leukemia Research Foundation and The Swiss Foundation for the Doron Prize the award sum of of €3,210,000.00 Euro (THREE MILLION,TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND EURO),as charity donations/aid from the Swiss Foundation,the Gabrielle Rich Leukemia Research Foundation in accordance with the enabling act of parliament.Note that all beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over 100,000 internet websites and a shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from.

Please fill the form below and let us have it within 24 hours of receiving this email for immediate attention and processing of your grant for delivery to you.




FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
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AGE:
OCCUPATION:
PLACE OF WORK:
OFFICE ADDRESS:
OFFICE TELEPHONE:
FAX:
POSITION HELD:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
MOBILE NUMBER:


On behalf of the Board kindly, accept our warmest congratulations.


Regards,


Dr. George Stucky,
President.



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