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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: Joseph Adam <joseph_adam440@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 02:41:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NIGERIAN/UNITED NATIONS 2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.


NIGERIAN/UNITED NATIONS 2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.
=A0
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations=
regional office in Nigeria and Central Bank of Nigeria to pay 150 scam vic=
tims of $5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each.=20
You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims =
to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediat=
e payments of your $5,000,000.00 compensation fund.
=A0
On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U=
..N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world le=
aders in the meeting on the lost of funds by various individuals to the Nig=
erian scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In ot=
her to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Go=
vernment is now paying 150 victims of this operators $5,000,000.00 each in =
accordance with the U.N. recommendations.
=A0
Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria,the payments =
are to be supervised by the United Nations Officials and the Central Bank N=
igeria as the corresponding paying bank is UBA.
=A0
According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been p=
aid,half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 36 l=
eft to be paid the compensations of $5,000,000.00 each.
=A0
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as=
one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to commu=
nicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the =
U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it =
secret till they are all apprehended.
=A0
Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as w=
ell for scrutiny and possible consideration.
=A0
You can receive your compensation payments via any of this options you Choo=
se,CERTIFIED DRAFT or ATM CARD PAYMENT.I shall notify you with further moda=
lities as soon as I hears from you.
=A0
Yours faithfully,
MR=A0JOSEPH ADAM
=A0
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