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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: "Dr.Andrew Saint" <auction@co.kr>
Reply-To: nathanielremirez@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 04:03:49 -0700
Subject: RE:INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT

IFFD - INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT
NOBEL HOUSE, 17 SMITH SQUARE
LONDON SW1P 3JR
UNITED KINGDOM

IFFD is an International Financial Institution and a Specialized Agency of the United Nations whose mission is to enable poor

rural people to overcome poverty. IFFD's headquarters is in London, United Kingdom, and its staff work with poor rural people,

their governments, communities and organizations in more than 80 countries to develop and finance programmes and projects aimed

at increasing rural productivity and incomes. The Programme Management Department (PMD) is responsible for the overall lending

programme of the Fund, and is composed of five regional divisions and a Policy and Technical Advisory Services Division.

Within the Latin America, Caribbean Division and Asia Continent the Senior Rural Development Specialist works with staff to

increase the comparative advantage of IFFD in the region by: Providing timely and authoritative analytical and advisory capacity

to staff in appropriate forms to enhance the quality, relevance and effectiveness of LAC's work and instruments (Country

Strategic Opportunities Programmes [COSOPs], projects, grants, policy dialogue, knowledge management, South-South Cooperation,

portfolio review and M&E). Developing and implementing strategies, systems and approaches to better integrate the different types

of operations, allowing IFFD to enhance its value-addition capacity, its scale of operations, and its impact on poverty reduction

in the region. Therefore, the IFFD is welcoming grantee applications from around the globe to funding individuals, organizations,

industries and institutional bodies and other related sections to reduce the poverty menace globally for which each application

is allowed to receive funds not more than Five Million United State Dollar (5,000,000.00USD).

So all interested organisations as mentioned above should kindly assist us by filling out the below form.

Individual /organization full name...........................................................
2. Address.....................City......................State.....................Country.......................
3. Marital status if individual...............
4. Occupation.................................
5. Age........................................
6. Contact phone number.......................
7.Bank details
8. Email Address..............................

Note: Your swift reply will enable us to proceed further with you (SEND YOUR DETAILS TO directly to this Email below
( nathanielremirez@outlook.com )

Sincerely,
Dr Andrew Saint
Event Manager

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