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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: wilfred mark <gvfworld3000@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:50:53 -0800
Subject: PROPOSAL FOR OUT REACH ASSISTANCE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGE AND
INVESTMENT PROGRAMME

ATTN PLS,

We are a non governmental Organization namely God`s Voice Foundation G.V.F
.The N.GO is based, in Africa with Accra Ghana a sub West Africa state as
its official Head Quarters.

Presently, we are In Nigeria Lagos province working out modalities to
enhance proactive measures to assisting the less privilege.

We therefore, deemed it fit to solicit your noble moral support to be a part
of our foreign representative agent in your country for the purpose of
establishment of an NGO in the best interest of the Less Privileged
and Victims of Nature, Also for possible investment programs

We got to know about your contact from the Commercial Department Counselor
Attache in the Embassy here in Nigeria.

We have all the logistics in place to over run every bureaucratic bottle
neck in other to actualize our desired dream objective.

We therefore implore you to indicate your willingness and readiness also
to be a part of this noble initiative by replying immediately.

We have the sum of us$2.5M which was given to us by the world bank
assisted project
readily deposited in a security vault for the purpose of investing in part
of your country stating from you on N.G.O and other profitable ventures to
the benefits of man kind. We give assistance to the less privilege and the
victims of nature in and around Africa and wish to extend same gesture to
the part of your World.

Kindly forward your address and direct telephone numbers as you
indicate readiness to be a part of this, In other that we start off
the project of Securing the Cash Consignment in your custody for
possible establishment of the N.G.O and investment program in your
Country which you will be Solly In charge as the Foreign Director of
Our proposed NGO.With a 60 - 40 Percentage Ratio on Sharing Formula.
You have 40 and we have 60 here.

Thanks,, and looking forward to hearing from you CONTACT ME DIRECTLY,ONLY
ON THIS PRIVATE E.MAIL ADDS STATED gvfworld3000@gmail.com

Dr. Wilfred Mark,

Director, God`s Voice Foundation

+234 81 6635 2730
+234 70 3228 5288

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