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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- gfjdvdn@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: official <aw539209@gmail.com>
Reply-To: meganfaox20@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2022 16:44:51 -0800
Subject: re

--
United Nations Organization U.N.O)
And European Union (E.U)
In Affiliation with The World Bank/IMF
International Monetary Fund.
Covid 19 Parlative office
405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017,
USA. Tel: (+ 1) (212) 963 ****

Attn:Beneficiary,

We are pleased to inform you that your email address have been selected for the

our corona Virus (Covid 19) Palliative which was set up 13 January
2020 to help

businesses and individuals whose lives and businesses might have been
affected one

way or the other

This selection was done randomly using available email address and Telephone

contacts available on the yellow page of international directories where your

email is listed and you were lucky for your email address to be selected

The total sum of $1,600,000.00 have been awarded to you which you will receive

through our affiliate bank First Green Financial Company.

You are here by mandated to contact the paying using within the next
72 hours with

the following details Full Names, Address, Occupation/Title, Telephone. age and

next of Kin.

inform them that you have been selected for the claim of palliative on
selection

code detail Date of selection 22nd January 2022. Ref: 015xxx13UNOEU/2222

Send the above details to the bank directly for urgent payment

Bank Name First Green Financial Bank
Email: admin@firstgreenfinancial.com
Website: https://firstgreenfinancial.com/
Contact: Mr Dunga Luis

Mr. Gerald Abraham
Payment Reconciliation
United Nations Organization
Covid 19 Palliative office
Email:gfjdvdn@gmail.com

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