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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: "GLOBAL ROYAL FUND RELEASED:" <mrs.sumitasarkar1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mackenzieconsultant@executivemail.co.za
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 20:10:49 +0100
Subject: EXPECTING YOUR INFO

SIR

This is to inform you that you have been randomly selected as one of the
beneficiaries of The Mackenzie "Global Relief Fund", in collaboration with
The Gates Foundation; which was setup to help business owners and
individuals during and after pandemic.

Beneficiaries of the global relief fund will get up to a maximum of $
2,200,000.00 USD (Two Million & Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) as a
Palliative support or Subsidy. However, this is not for personal use. Since
we can't reach out to everyone in need, the foundation can reach out
through some randomly selected individuals who can then extend the same in
their various communities through community project development schemes,
creating ventures that will help the immediate communities.

The Mackenzie Foundation has committed substantial resources to ensure that
the after effects of this pandemic on businesses and jobs are reduced to
the barest minimum. Mackenzie has decided to partner with other known
foundations of the richest men in the world like the Gates Foundation, Ford
Foundation, Warren Buffett Foundation, Jeff Bezos Foundation, Elon Musk
Foundation, Mark Zuckerberg Foundation, Bernard Arnault Foundation and
pledges to support the relief fund so as to reach beneficiaries as far as
worldwide.

Therefore, after our basic data auditing last week for the end of this year
program or project on the total sum of $2,200,000.00 belonging to you as
the beneficiary inheritance with CONTRACT CODE OF CONDUCT:TRO5244075994Q09
and RMB CODE: BBC UK/REG1958755/ELECTRONIC/WHO-XX FUND as the real
bona-fide inheritance owner.

Note: Kindly Please fill out the Plain Form Listed as follows, and revert
back to us for further processing via this email:(
mackenzieinvestment@hotmail.com)

1.Your full names:
2.Your residential home address:
3.Your cell phone number:
4.A scan copy attachment of Passport or Any of your National identity card
or you write down your ID NO:
5.Occupation or Profession:
6.Your Marital status and position in the office:
7.Your Marital Status, age and sex:
8.Your Nationality or country of origin:
9.Your Working Place Address:
10.Your direct E-mail id:

Warm Regards,

Mr Humphrey Morgan: (Operational Director: Mackenzie Foundation).

Note: Kindly respond upon your interest via this Email add: (
customeronline@mailbox.co.za)for emergency attention.

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