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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: "Dr.Xie Zhongyu." <xiezhongu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: xiezhongyu6@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:26:24 +0200
Subject: Your Card is Ready.




Hello,

How are you today? You may not understand why this mail is coming to you.
We have been having series of meeting since January which ended 2 days ago
with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people
that have experienced scam, Flood disasters, Earthquake in any part of the
world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of
US$800, 000.00. This 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 we are
contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed.

Due to your delay to conclude this transaction, we the council have agreed
to make things easier for you by arranging a bank deposit on your sum of
$800,000.00 (Eight hundred thousand dollars only) fund through an
affiliate bank called UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) And the bank will in
return issue you an ATM MASTER CARD that will grant you access to your
withdrawal worldwide without any delay or hindrance. You are required to
furnish them with your delivery address, full names and direct Cell phone
number where the bank will send you your ATM CARD via courier service. On
receipt of your delivery address the issued ATM card will be sent to you
and the tracking numbers shall as well be given to you. Lets hear from
you.

Regards,
Dr.Xie Zhongyu.
+234-8128719199

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