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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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Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <un2010@mail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:13:06 +0100
Subject: United Nations Compensation 2010

Office of the Economic and Social Council
United Nations (UN)
222 East 41st Street 20th Floor
New York, NY 10017
http://www.un.org




United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC). In Affiliation With Barrack Obama Campaign Office to Assist Victims of Natural Disaster: BP Oil Spill ,Earthquake, Flood, Tornado, Volcano, Unpaid Contracts e.t.c ...


Attention: Beneficiary,

How are you doing today? Hope all is well with you and your family?

You may not understand why this mail came to you but kindly read the following procedures for your claim. The United Nation Compensation Commission (UNCC) was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council. Its mandate is to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damages suffered as a direct result of Natural Disasters such as Earthquake, Flood, Tornado, Volcano Eruption as well as the Sunami, oil spill and others to be mentioned.


The UNCC in conjunction with the Obama Campaign on the 12th of October 2008 organized a confederation meeting which ended 2 weeks later, with the Secretary General to the UNITED NATIONS. This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2003 by the then secretary to the UN.

For clarity and more details see: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

This email is directed to all individuals that have been affected in all parts of the world. In reference to the just concluded meeting, the UNCC in affiliation with Barrack Obama Campaign have agreed to compensate them with categorical payment sum of $400,000 each. In its decision 17" of 24th March 2006, the Governing Council established basic principles for the distribution of compensation payments to successful claimants. This decision was made two months before the resolution of the first instalment of claims before the Commission. As stated in the Secretary-General's report of 2nd May 2006, it was anticipated that the value of approved awards would far exceed the resources available in the Compensation Fund at any given time.


The Governing Council therefore devised a mechanism for the allocation of available funds to successful claimants that gave priority to the three urgent categories of claims and which, within each category, would give equal treatment to similarly situated claims. Only when each successful claimant in categories "A", "B" and "C" had been paid an initial amount up to US$2,500 would payments commence for claims in other categories.

Accordingly, the first phase of payment involved an initial payment of US$2,500 to each successful individual claimant in categories "A" and "C". However, for humanitarian reasons, all category "B" claims will be paid in full of a total USD$850,000.00

A total of US$9,252,337,997.09 was made available to 1,498,119 successful individual claimants in categories "A", "B" and "C" under the first phase of payments.

A claimant includes every foreign contractor that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why you are receiving this email notification.

Contact him immediately for your approved funds (USD$1,850,000). These funds are in a Certified International Bank Draft for security purpose, so he will send it to you and you can cash it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name, telephone number and your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you quoting your file Reference below (RE1088-C).


Forward your details and more about yourself to this below email.
Contact person: Mr. Dennis Micheal
Email: un2010@mail.com

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft.

Making the world a better place for the sake of humanity.

Regards,

Mr. Hamidon Ali
UN. President of the Economic and Social Council
http://www.un.org

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