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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: INTENATIONAL FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT <webmail16@machinset.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <iffdgrant@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 12:14:16 +0530
Subject: HELP FOR THE LESS PREVILLEGE?!!!

IFFD - INTENATIONAL FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT
NOBEL HOUSE, 17 SMITH SQUARE
LONDON SW1P 3JR
UNITED KINGDOM

IFFD is an International Financial Institution and a Specialized Agency of the United Nations whose mission is to enable poor rural people to overcome poverty. IFFD's headquarters is in London, United kingdom, and its staff work with poor rural people, their governments, communities and organizations in more than 80 countries to develop and finance programmes and projects aimed at increasing rural productivity and incomes. The Programme Management Department (PMD) is responsible for the overall lending programme of the Fund, and is composed of five regional divisions and a Policy and Technical Advisory Services Division.
Within the Latin America, Caribbean Division and Asia Continent the Senior Rural Development Specialist works with staff to increase the comparative advantage of IFFD in the region by:
Providing timely and authoritative analytical and advisory capacity to staff in appropriate forms to enhance the quality, relevance and effectiveness of LAC's work and instruments (Country Strategic Opportunities Programmes [COSOPs], projects, grants, policy dialogue, knowledge management, South-South Cooperation, portfolio review and M&E). Developing and implementing strategies, systems and approaches to better integrate the different types of operations, allowing IFFD to enhance its value-addition capacity, its scale of operations, and its impact on poverty reduction in the region. Therefore, the IFFD is welcoming grantee applications from around the globe to funding individuals, organizations, industries and institutional bodies and other related sections to reduce the poverty menace globally for which each application is allowed to receive funds not more than Five Million United State Dollar (5,000,000 USD).
So all interested organisations as mentioned above should kindly assist us by filling out the below form. Send by fax to 0044 871 503 9834
1. Individual /organization full name...........................................................
2. Address.....................City......................State.....................Country.......................
3. Marital status if individual...............
4. Occupation.................................
5. Age........................................
6. Contact phone number.......................
7. Email Address..............................
Note: Your swift reply will enable us to proceed further with you (SEND YOUR DETAILS TO ( iffdgrant.uk @ outlook.com)
Sincerely,
Dr Andrew Saint
Event Manager
Tel: 004 4701 0086 942
0044 701 0086 951
Fax: 0044 871 503 9834

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