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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. Olga Algayerova" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <murraypaul114@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:36:43 -0700
Subject: United Nations cash grants!!!

Dear Beneficiary,

I am a Senior official from the United Nations, i was instructed to contact you regarding the United Nations Trust Grants programme to provide financial assistance to retired, widow, unemployed, disabled, full/part time workers, families and individual projects. This is to inform you that you have been approved to receive a grant check of $280,000usd. Therefore you are advised to contact the United Nations representative Mr. Murray Paul to deliver your Check and together with the documents you will present to your bank to payout the money to you.

Contact Name: Mr. Murray Paul

E-mail: murraypaul114@yahoo.com

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