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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: "Dr. Doug Macpherson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <domac121@rediffmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 21:27:40 +0200
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Our grants / ford foundation
 
www.fordfoundation.org
 
320 e 43rd st, New York, ny 100, USA
 
 
To the Beneficiary,
 
DID YOU RECEIVED MY PREVIOUS EMAIL ABOUT YOUR GRANT PAYMENT.?
 
This is to inform you about our post covid-19 hardship micro grant initiative.
 
This program is initiated to help individuals, organizations, SME, and companies bounce back to business as a result of the impact of Covid -19 effect.
 
Kindly confirm how the grant will get to your family, such as through bank to bank transfer, western union, Money Grams, online banking etc.
 
We offer the following service for your payment grant.
 
(1), micro grant, (2) hardship relief,(3)loan programs,(4) scam compensation ,(5)retirement benefits .
 
Dr Doug Macpherson
 
Allocation Officer(FORD FOUNDATION

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