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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: "patrick azziza" <azziza.patrick@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:02:42 +0100
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS


CENTRAL BANK/UNITED NATIONS 2007 COMPENSATIONS
PAYMENTS DIRECTOR
ATTN:Sir/madam,
SCAMMED VICTIM/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS
CODE:06654 1MILLION USD.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations
to Central
bank Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million each, you are
listed and
approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims,get back to as soon
as possible
for theimmediate payments of your $1 Million compensations funds.
On this faithfull recomendations,I want you to know that during the last UN
meetings
held
at Abuja,Nigeria,it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the
meetings on the
lose of funds by variouse foreigners to the scams artists operating in
syndicates all
over
the world today,in other to retain the good image of the country,the
president
of the country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1Million USD
each,Due to the
corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be
paid by Central
bank Nigeria as corressponding paying bank under fundling assistance by the
National
westminster bank london.

According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries has been paid
,half of the
victims are from the United States,we still have more 20 left to be paid the

compensations
of $1Million each.Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates
who was
arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of thier victims of the operations,you are
hereby warned
not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for anyreason what so
ever,the US
secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

For more vital information,please
visit:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm
You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you
choose,ATM
CARD,DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS,I shall feed you with further
modalities as
soon as I hear from you.
Reconfirm the following ..
1) Your full Name.
2) mobile Phone
3) Age and marital status.
4) profession,
5} Your Full Address.

Send acopy of your response to
email:cbn.unitednations.payment@gmail.com<email%3Acbn.unitednations.payment@gmail.com>
Yours faithfully,

Rev.Dr.Patrick Azziza.

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