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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: MR ISRAEL MARK <remove@catstaffing-us.com>
Reply-To: <mrisraelmark@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 22:30:54 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY


UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. RC: 243879
FOREIGN OPERATIONS
COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.
We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 4 days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED NATIONS in person of Mr. Kofi Anan.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$ 900,000,00 This includes every foreign contractors, fraud/fund delays/interrupted funds Payments and to also Settle foreign debts/fraud victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to satisfactory in other to maintain peace in the world at large 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 we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
You are advised to contact us the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, as we are having your compensation funds here in our custody, contact us immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of USD$ 900,000,00 This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so we will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice. Therefore, you should send us your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you.

We shall dispatch your check to you through the FedEx Courier Express so the condition of delivery is as follows:


Below are the options:

Courier Express....$105 (24 hours delivery)
Courier Regular....$85 (2-3 days delivery)
Courier Economy..$68 (3-4 days delivery)

You have to make your choice and send the fee to us via western union money transfer or Money Gram Transfer to enable us proceed with the delivery of your package. Note that all the necessary documentation has been sealed with your check ready for dispatch. Use the following receiver's Information to send the fee to us.

PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE
SENDERS NAME-------(YOUR NAME)
RECEIVERS NAME------MRS. ALICE ONOS
SENDERS COUNTRY-----(SENDERS COUNTRY)
RECEIVERS COUNTRY----LAGOS, NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION------------COLOR ?
TEXT ANSWER---------------Yellow.
AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------usd
MTCN NUMBER.------------(Ten digit number to be given to you at the Western
union office).

Thanks and God bless you and your family.Hoping to hear from you as soonest.

Making the world a better place

Regards,
Mr ISRAEL MARK
Director (UNION BANK).

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