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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: Jurgen Aschhoff <mele@tesk.org.tr>
Reply-To: "psriatcher@yahoo.com.hk" <psriatcher@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:12:56 +0000
Subject: Transfer Notification of US$2,620,000.00 to your bank account

Reference No. UNF/CG-1802B

Dear Sir,

RE: US$2,620,000.00 Grant Award Notification

Are you the owner of this email address? if yes, then congratulations!

This is to notify you that you have been selected by the board of trustees of the United Nations Charity Foundation based in the United Kingdom for a cash grant award of US$2,620,000.00 with reference No. UNF/CG-1802B, for your business, economic and social research developments of your community.

The United Nations Charity Foundation grant award is conducted online annually and geared towards global humanitarian development and poverty eradication.

Participants emails were choose worldwide from different categories based on their personal and business development of their respective environments.

For further details and to collect your US$2,620,000.00 cash grant award, kindly send your Official Name, telephone and fax number today by email with the above reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Jurgen Aschhoff
Notification Officer

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