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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: "UNICEF VACANCY OFFER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uniceftrustfund.org@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 16:25:44 -0700
Subject: SPECIAL INFORMATION <APPLICANTS NEEDED AS REPRESENTATIVES>

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The attached message from UNICEF VACANCY OFFER <info@unicef.org> (<info@unicef.org>)
was determined by the Spam Blocker to be spam based on a score
of 17.3 where anything above 3.0 is spam.

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Content-Disposition:inline

Reply-To: <uniceftrustfund.org@outlook.com>
From: "UNICEF VACANCY OFFER"<info@unicef.org>
Subject: SPECIAL INFORMATION <APPLICANTS NEEDED AS REPRESENTATIVES>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 16:25:44 -0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="Windows-1251"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

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<br>Dear Applicant,<br>




<br>This is the, UNICEF HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT writing to you in respect of the UNICEF ORGANIZATION, Job Representatives.<br><br>(United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.<br><br>We believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress.<br><br>UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind - to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child's path.We believe that we can, together, advance the cause of humanity.<br><br>We advocate for measures to give children the best start in life, because proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a pers







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<br>STEFAN LINDBERG<br>UNICEF, P.R.O (H.R) HUMAN RESOURCES.<br>UNICEF ORGANIZATION.<br><br>(United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
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