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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: "Mrs. Evelyn Jaxon" <evelynjaxon3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: evelynjaxon04@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:58:12 +0100
Subject: URGENT AID

Call for the help of Ukraine
A campaign has been launched in support of the people of Ukraine who have
fled their homes seeking for refugee because of the conflicts going on in
Ukraine by the Russian invading their country.

The Ukrainian citizens that fled the country are pleading to the world to
help them; for many are in refugee camps demanding for shelter, clothing
and food with many items to survive through this hard time.

A campaign organized by the Humanitarian Organization Act for Peace (HOAP)
is trying to raise some funds to support refugees in the region, where a
donation can be made through cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin, Ethereum,
USDT and NFT, since the banks are not functioning over there.

Please save a life by providing for the crisis victims by donating through
the UCRF (Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund) Wallet, for any amount is accepted.

BTC- bc1qq8ava23sa4vmgses2pwxg0zdh2uwzem48v3h7k

ETH- 0x554c2CD2f0B6C49e91477Cb8de3768C97d14B21c

A GoFund account is available if you also wishe to donate through the
account, please let us know.

UCRF Programme UCRF
We stand for Ukraine

Ukrainian Crisis Media Center Ukraine,
01001, Kyiv Street Khreshchatyk, 2

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