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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: davidlarsen@churchorganization.net
Reply-To: johnson0011@jmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:28:59 +0000
Subject: Nations Compensation Committee,




Nations Compensation Committee,
Attention: The Beneficiary,


SCAMMED VICTIM/ $3.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 We are delegated
from the United Nations to Bank of American to pay 100 Nigerian/World 419 scam
victims $3.5million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of
the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments
of your $3.5million compensations funds.


On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last United
Nations 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 various 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 $3.5million each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems
in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Pacific Finance Company Plc under funding
assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria According to the number of applicants at
hand, 80 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States
and Asia, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $3.5million
each only.


Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos
State 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 for whatsoever, the
US secret service is already on trace of the criminal. For more vital information,


For more vital information, please visit
:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You will receive your compensations payments via a DRAFT PAYMENTS and not a WIRE
TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.
Reply through my alternative email address below: johnson0011@jmail.co.za


Yours faithfully,


Rev. Father Johnson Itokirila.


De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,
United Nations Compensation Committee,
(United nations Anti-fraud Committee)



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