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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: Office Data <officedata716@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Office Data <changyungfafoundation@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:39:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: DONATION FOR YOU


 Compliments of the day to you,

We know this message maybe a surprise to you but do kindly accept our gift and donation as a kind gesture from our ongoing good will project 2020. Our founder and CEO, Chang Yung-Fa has indeed been a great Philanthropist to this generation and is truly committed to “giving while living,” and his decision to end his requirement of anonymity stems from this value.

We (Chang Yung-Fa Foundation ) just recenlty organised and launched our internet donation program as this will enable us reach out to more people outside the shores of the TAIWAN so they too can benefit from the fortune of Mr. Chang Yung-Fa and our foundation as a whole. Many other major philanthropists look primarily to support large institutions and not individuals which is absolutely wrong thus we are changing such with this program.The launch of this internet/mobile donation program came up so as to avoid unsolicited pleas for donations and to avoid the idea of people feeling indebted to him/Her.

However, If you have received this message, please contact us with your Name, Age, Gender, Address/country of residence, Occupation and Telephone number because you are entitled to receive $1,900,000.00 from our organization.Read About our Foundation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Yung-fa Reply us @( changyungfafoundation@gmail.com )


Regards
Li Chon Su
Chang Yung-Fa Foundation
On Behalf of Chang Yung-Fa
Founder/CEO

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