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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Public Relation Officer" <publicrelationofficer5@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:54:10 +0000
Subject: Attention Beneficiary

ATTN: Grant Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your information that your email has been
randomly selected and approved as a charity grant beneficiary of THE
DIANA
MEMORIAL
FOUNDATION.You are awarded a grant sum of £2,598,000.00 (Two Million
Five
Hundred And Ninety Eight Thousand Great Britain Pounds) and for
further instructions on how you are to put claim to your grant, you
are to
FORWARD a
copy of this notice to our International Grants Officer as well as
give him
a call via contact details below:

James McArthur,
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
THE DIANA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION BUILDING,
214 GREAT QUEEN STREET,
LONDON, WC2B 5DF
UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: +44 7031903161
Fax:+448712475072
Email: claimsgrant_dianamemorialfund2@yahoo.co.uk
cc: claimsgrant_pdmf2005@yahoo.com

Congratulations once again from all staff of THE DIANA MEMORIAL
FOUNDATION
and it is our hope that you will appreciate our gesture and
judiciously
spend your grant.
Sincerely,
Miss Helen Jones,
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
THE DIANA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION BUILDING,
214 GREAT QUEEN STREET,
LONDON, WC2B 5DF
UNITED KINGDOM.
postmaster@dianamemorialfoundation.4t.com



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