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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: cesar@descom.es
Reply-To: simsmarvin099@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 03:01:28 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yahoo/Microsoft Covid-19 Award Fund 2021
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOU ARE TO BENIFIT FROM YAHOO/MICROSOFT COVID-19 AWARD FUND
NO 125 Shaftesbury Ave London WC2H8AY United Kingdom.
Yahoo/Microsoft Management Team wishes to inform you that YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO BENEFIT FROM YAHOO/MICROSOFT COVID-19 AWARD FUND of Two Million One Hundred, Sixty Eight Thousand Two Hundred and Fourteen United States Dollars Only (($ 2,168,214.00 US.) for 2021 Yahoo/Microsoft Covid 19 Award Fund which was organized by YAHOO Oath/MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT TEAM today Friday, 28th May 2021 to help people fight one of world Worst pandemic in History since we become the best free e-mail provider worldwide.
YAHOO Oath/MICROSOFT Brand INC collected all the email addresses of people that are active online, among over 2 billion-plus global users that subscribed to Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail/outlook and few from other e-mail providers. Four e-mail addresses were selected today Friday, 24th March 2021 to benefit from this Yahoo/Microsoft Covid 19 Award Fund 2021 and your e-mail address has been selected today 28th May 2021 via Computer Random Selection System as one of the top Four lucky Beneficiary for 2021 Yahoo/Microsoft Covid 19 Award Fund program.
All Beneficiaries shall be paid by our paying Bank {Federal Reserve Bank New York} through BANK TRANSFER. Your Yahoo/Microsoft Covid 19 Award Fund of {$2,168,214.00} One Hundred and Sixty -Eight Thousand Two Hundred and Fourteen United State Dollars Only must be claimed as soon as possible. Any prize not claimed within this period shall be forfeited. Stated below are your Yahoo Covid 19 Award Fund 2021 identification Ref: PLEASE DONATE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
Identification Ref: COVID-19-YUK/89650021-N04-OF-4/168,214.000/2021

You are requested to contact our Yahoo/Microsoft Covid 19 Award Fund 2021 MANAGER IN US, Mr. Marvin Sims through his below contact details and submit your Identification Ref, Nationality, Contact Address, Telephone Number ,Occupation and Age to him.
COVID-19 AWARD FUND MANAGER: Marvin Sims

You are advised to send back your below information through this e-mail to facilitate the release of your COVID-19 AWARD FUND to you immediately.

Reply to (email):simsmarvin099@yandex.com

1. Nationality/ Country of Residence
2. Contact Address
3. Telephone Number
4. Age
5. Occupation
Congratulations!!!

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Yours in service,
David Filo & Jerry Yang
Co-founders and Chief Yahoo.

Keep your COVID-19 AWARD FUND Identification Ref: confidential within you until your COVID-19 AWARD FUND are successfully transferred to you to avoid disqualification that may arise due to double claiming.
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be Yahoo, this is solely to collect your personal information and lay fake claims. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the COVID-19 AWARD FUND notification letter that was sent to you today, kindly delete it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned and any COVID-19 AWARD FUND notification that was not from David Filo & Jerry Yang (Co-founders and Chief Yahoo) and signed by Yahoo mail Board of Directors will be cancelled.
Signed By: Yahoo/Microsoft Board of Directors:
David Filo & Jerry Yang Co-Founder & Chief Yahoo,Albert Song VP of design,Sandy Gould SVP Global Talent Acquisition, Chris Hunter General Manager,Randy Roumillat CIO Corporate Systems,JJ Healy VP Corp Dev,Shirin Oskooi Senior Director of Product Management,Marc Saltzman Contributes

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