419 scam: "secretariat"<secretariat@gmail.com> Offre de Bourse d'Etude Française

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- secretariat.efe@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "secretariat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <secretariat.efe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 12:57:27 +0200
Subject: Offre de Bourse d'Etude Française

Offre de Bourse dEtude Française

   Afin de promouvoir les compétences des ressources humaines des pays en développement et de favoriser la compréhension, lamitié entre les nations et le peuple Français, la Commission Nationale Française (CNF) pour l'UNESCO en accord avec la Chaire UNESCO offre un certain nombre de bourses pour lannée académique 2015/2016. Cette offre est réservée à de jeunes diplômés ayant effectué des études brillantes ressortissant des états membres de l'UNESCO.

   Au total 50 (cinquante) bourses détudes sont mises à la disposition des étudiants qui souhaitent effectuer un séjour détude ou de recherche après la fin de leurs études et non à ceux qui désirent obtenir le premier diplôme universitaire en France.

   Un formulaire de présélection a été conçu en PDF et mise à la disposition de tous les candidats afin de faire une demande auprès de notre secrétariat en imprimant ledit formulaire pour constituer le dossier de candidature. De plus amples informations (conditions requises, hautes écoles spécialisées, etc.) sont disponibles auprès du Secrétariat dEtat Français à lEducation (SEFE) au secretariat.efe@gmail.com

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