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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: FACEBOOK GRANT <feedbackunit@fairylove.com>
Reply-To: williambuchward@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:39:50 -0700
Subject: FACEBOOK GRANT FOR COVID-19



--
FACEBOOK GRANT FOR COVID-19

We are pleased to inform you that Facebook is rolling out a plan to give
100 Million dollars in aid, through loans and ad credits, to small
businesses affected by the corona-virus outbreak.


The program aims to reach up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in over
30 countries where we operate. your name was among the 30,000 Lucky
winners. The online draws was conducted by a random selection of
emails,you were picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from Facebook, the Aid program which is a new innovation by Facebook is
aimed at saying A BIG THANK YOU to all our users for making Facebook
their number one means to connect, communicate, relate and hook up with
their
families and friends over the years.

Kindly get back to us for further instructions if you are interested.

Yours Faithfully.
William Buchwald
Aid coordinator
2020 FACEBOOK

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