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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: "unsantion007@terra.es" <unsantion007@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:50:22 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: hello



THE UNITED NATION COMPENSATION UNIT SANCTION TO THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT.
Nigeria government has been sanctioned for frauds go ahead to claim back your fund.

ATTN: Beneficiary,

SCAMMED VICTIM/$800,000.00USD AND A NEW DELL LAPTOP COMPUTER BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:30033.

Based on our Investigations,It has come to the knowledge of INTERPOL, FBI, CIA, ATF, and DEA sheriff that some scam artists especially from Nigeria and Africa has been contacting you for a mutual assistance that would be of benefit for the both party. Please ensure that this letter send to you includes the below features note that it is a FALSE offer.

1. Asking you to act as the next of kin to a late deceased fund to make claim of his/her funds deposited with a security company/bank.
2. Asking you to provide your bank details to enable them transfer
funds to you for safekeeping.
3. Contacting you to make claim of your lottery winnings.
4. Fake checks
5. Contacting you as the government of central bank of Nigeria (prof.
Charles Soludo) to make claim of your funds on behalf.
6. Contacting you as Nigeria petroleum corporation (NNPC) officials or Impersonating themselves as members of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) contacting you to come and redeemed your funds confisticated either NDLEA or the UNMOVIA organizations and many more.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations London,As we have agreed to pay 100 African 419/SCAM victims $800,000.00USD With a new Dell laptop computer each, your name was listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $800,000.00USD compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations want you to know that during the last UN meetings held in London,United Kingdom, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country NIGERIA, the newly president of the Federal republic of Nigeria President: Umaru YAR'ADUA with the United Nation to compensate 100 victims of this operators with $800,000.00USD each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by the THE BANK UNITED KINGDOM LONDON for security reasons.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 82 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more left to be paid the compensations of $800,000.00USD each. Your particulars/email address was discovered from one who claim to be your partner were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Lagos Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever so that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) will track him down while you are compensated for all you have spent with the bonus of $800,000.00USD AND a new Dell laptop computer ONLY.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Thank for your understanding and we are deeply sorry for the inconveniences this has caused you all this while. And if you are dealing with any one of them we urge you to STOP because you are taking a big risk we endeavor that you help us to help you returned your funds back to you.


Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Residential address
4) Company name, Office position and Company address.
5) Profession, Age and marital status.
6) Working I'd / Int'l passport.

Your co-operation will be highly appreciated in regards to this cause.

Send copy of your response to official email: efccng@walla.com

Yours faithfully,

DR JAMES MORRIES.
UNITED NATION DELEGATE

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