419 scam: "Mark Fritsche"<daam@clix.pt> Your Cash Grant Award

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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.
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.
- johnwilliams0232@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mark Fritsche" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnwilliams0232@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:00:37 +0100
Subject: Your Cash Grant Award

Please are you the owner of this email address? If yes, then congratulations!

We wish to congratulate and inform you that you have been selected by the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) based in the United Kingdom for a Cash Grant of US$5,550,000.00
for your contribution in the educational, business and social development of your community.
Winners of the Cash Grant award were selected from over 450,000 individuals and companies worldwide who have actively contributed to one or more developmental projects in their respective environments in
the past.
Your US$5,550,000.00 Cash Grant compensation will be credited to you within 3 working days and telex confirmation forwarded to you and your bankers for confirmation.
For the immediate transfer of the US$5,550,000.00 to your bank account, kindly contact Mr. John Williams today with the below information for more details and he will give you guidelines on how
to claim your grant award money.
Contact Name: John Williams
E-mail: johnwilliams0232@hotmail.com

Thanks,
Mark Fritsche

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