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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: "Mr. David Johnson" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: moneygramcash4u@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 02:17:20 +0600 (BDT)
Subject:




The World Health Organization (W.H.O) has chosen you by the board of
trustees as one of the final recipients of this year cash Grant/Donation.
To celebrate this end of year anniversary celebration, we are giving out a
yearly Donation of $250.000.00 USD to ten (10) lucky recipients as the
year donation from the (W.H.O) in accordance with the enabling act of the
Parliament. Your Grant/Donation was paid out to the Money Gram to take
full responsibility in the transfer process of your funds to you. We the
World Health Organization (W.H.O) advice you to contact the Money Gram
Office for the transfer process of your funds with the below details:

1: Receiver First Name: ?
2: Receiver Last Name: ?
3: Receiver State/Address: ?
4: Receiver Country: ?

CONTACT INFO:

Mr. Johnson Adekunle:
Email: moneygramoffice1@cash4u.com

Confirm these detail's to him ASAP for more detail's regarding your funds.

Best regard's,

Mr. David Johnson
For World Health Organization.
http://www.who.int/en/

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