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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: "CDFA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <darlagarett84@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 04:18:46 +0200
Subject: CDFA NOTICE.

Council of Development Finance Agencies logo
 
Council of Development 
Finance Agencies 
 
The aim of this program is to render financial assistance to humanity and support standard of living,between the rich and poor, young and old, retired, workers, widows, needy, students and everybody, from America to Europe, Asia and across Africa.
 
CDFA is giving out money, the money is NOT A LOAN and does not required to be paid back. These are funds derived from tax and excessive profits from Giant Facebook, Microsoft and conglomerate of some multinational companies.
 
All participants were selected through a computer random integrated system drawn in over 4 billion E-mail address, Facebook and Microsoft users.
Kindly forward the below information to darlagarett84@gmail.com (Darla Garrett, Phone: 5138399820) for your processing of your claims: 
 
1 Full Name
2 Contact phone number
3 Country with Full Address
4 Date of Birth 
5 Occupation 
 
 
CDFA Partners & National Sponsors
CDFA partners with dozens of organizations, institutions and companies to provide benefits and cross educational opportunities. CDFA's partners represent the leading industry experts on a variety of subjects. Interested in partnering with CDFA? 
 
 
    • U.S. Bank
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    • Wells Fargo Securities
    •  
    • Wilmington Trust
    •  
    • Z. The Bond Buyer
    •  
Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority
     
  • U.S. Bank
 
 
 
 
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential material. Any unauthorized review, use, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.

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