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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: Maxwel Randy <abmajidkubar@gmail.com>
Reply-To: maxrandyy@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 10:54:50 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION( Palliative)

--
Cowdray House Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
Greetings,

Identification Ref:
COVID-19-YUK/89650021-N04-OF-4/235,000/2021

We are pleased to announce to you the result of the World Health
Organization international live sms grant held today Your email
address was attached to ticket number: On behalf of the entire
Covid-19 relief palliative team, we wish to congratulate all the
sponsors, partners especially Microsoft word for providing the Email
Directories for the Relief Program. Every participant was selected
randomly from the computer ballot system.

The World Health Organization in collaboration with its Parent
Organization United Nations Economic and Social Council looked at the
corona virus pandemic damage on the world economy and decided to help
individuals and companies to bounce back to their respective
businesses. While basking in the euphoria of this achievement, we wish
to seize this opportunity to acquaint you with guidelines that must be
followed in order to complete this claim. On our part, we have a
mandate to see you through. We will work assiduously to realize this
mandate as we respect your views, opinions and most importantly
protect your privacy.

Please, kindly provide us with the following information for
verification of your prize and production of your prize certificate.

Full name
Full address
Age
Sex
Nationality
Home Telephone
Mobile Telephone
Occupation

We will immediately start the process to facilitate your funds release
as soon as you send the required details. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your Winning information confidential until your
grant is processed and remitted to you. Any form of double claim will
lead to disqualification.

Once again congratulations from members and staff of world Health organization.

Regards,
Maxwell Randy
International Coordinator

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