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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: "United Nations Refugee Agency" <staff@unccoffice.com>
Reply-To: infodata010@vivaldi.net
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 03:45:43 -0500
Subject: Ukraine needs your help

A donation campaign has been launched to support Ukraine and also help refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine
The campaign, organized by the humanitarian organization Act for Peace, is hoping to raise $100,000,000 to support refugees in the region.

Stand with the people of Ukraine. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and NFT

BTC- bc1qu3m8g3tw66ugzyzurvf87asnrkwqsjdcsakdcq


ETH- 0x7156340BaE1b4c9cD2afe601Dddd176288eAFE4d



Best Regards
Ukraine
#BeautifulUkraine

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