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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 COVID-19 GRANTS<novdercrb@orel-region.ru>
Reply-To: lindaoscar.unitednationag@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:02:07 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COVID-19 GRANTS


Congratulations!!! =

Your E-mail address have won you R5,000,000.00 (Five Million Rand) from the=
just concluded UNITED NATIONS COVID-19 GRANTS. Your winning Reference numb=
er is UN/CV19/ZAR203. =

=

For Claim, you are advised to E-mail lindaoscar.unitednationag@gmail.com wi=
th your winning ref# and your contact details. =

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UNICEF. =

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For more details call =

Claim Offer =

Linda Oscar =

+27733200825 =

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Yours in service, =

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Sincerely.

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