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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 <fill--06@att.net>
Reply-To: g_isaac11@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:08:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION FROM UNITED NATIONS




Attn: Dear.
                         How are you today?
We have been having series meeting for the past 8 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.We wish to inform you that effect from January 28th , 2011 UNITED NATIONS  directive has been implemented by The government of west
african countries head in Abuja Nigeria to settle all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world MOSTLY IN WEST AFRICAN SUB REGION, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of ($1,200.000)
 

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished  transaction  that failed
due to Government problems etc.We found your name in our list and that is why we
are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
 

This directive sets part-payment of ($1,200.000)  to beneficiary WHO FAIL VICTIM OF INTERNET SCAM and direct transfers from commercial banks both within and outside Nigeria would no longer be approved to fund beneficiary at the CBN Clearing House. Such transactions are now to be paid to beneficiary through the Automated Teller
Machine (ATM)
 
To receive you ATM Card, kindly make available your full name for processing of your ATM Card, address for delivery of your ATM Card/Draft and contact phone number for easy communication.We have arranged your payment through swift card payment center Asia pacific, this card center will send you an Atm Card which you will use to withdraw your money in any Atm
machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is One Thousand, Five Hundred United States Dollars Per-Day.
 
This meeting was first
held on the 8th of April 2003 by the then secretary to the UN.You can view this
page for your perusal :
 
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

 
Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your ATM Payment
Card. Send your information which they will use to send the card to you.You are advised to contact our  paying center as they are  our representative in Republic of
Benin. Contact Rev Benson Wood, immediately to receive your compensation without any delay. 
  
Rev. David Mike 
Financial
Director
No 1/6 st Akpapa Segbeya
Email:revdavidmike@rocketmail.com
Tele
:+229 96-30-63-17.
 
We will request you to get back to this office as
soon as you have received and confirmed your payment.

                            
Making the world a better place.

                            
Regards,
Mrs Doris Williams 
For
United Nation.
G537
W Lehigh Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19133

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