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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: "GRANT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kimberleycain@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:42:32 -0700
Subject: GRANT DIVIDEND


DATE: 30TH AUGUST 2014

REF: A-INT/AGA/2014

FROM: Ms. Kimberley Cain
Independent Stock Exchange Consultant

TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear Sir /Madam,

PRE-GRANT INQUIRY AND EVALUATION ON YOU

We are pleased to notify you that your name has emerged as one of the lucky recipients of a monetary Share Dividend Grant of $390,000 ( Three Hundred And Ninety Thousand Dollars) USD.

The Grant Awards aims to touch positively the lives of diverse peoples from all continents of the world and thereby promote Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Development of lucky individuals cutting across all Social, Economic, Ethnic, Religious and Racial divides.

The Grant funds can entirely be employed to be used for your own desired project in any positive area of life endeavour.There was no application process and no recipient was required to apply for the Grant.As an independent stock exchange consultants on charity and grant administration/finance to charities, private foundations and grant-making organisations in the UK , we have been mandated to carry out a pre-grant inquiry and evaluation on you before the payment.

To commence, please confirm with us by return email the following details about your person:

YOUR FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
SCAN COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT:

Please accept our congratulations in advance!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kimberley Cain
Independent Stock Exchange Consultant
Essex. United Kingdom

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