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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: Joy Abatan <joyabatan@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:21:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: joyabatan@ymail.com



- ATTENTION SIR/MADAM,OFFICE OF THE NEW PRESIDENCY OF NIGERIA IN CONJUCTION WITH UNITED NATIONS/WORLD BANK/IMF SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS/SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS,This is to bring to your notice that the above mentioned office and body is delegated to pay 150 scam victims $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each as compensation and settlement fund,You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1,000,000.00 usd compensations funds,On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at lagos Nigeria for New year resolution to stop scam and fraudlent bussiness transaction going of in west Africa sub- region, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the west African counties, like Benin repubic, Nigeria, Cote d ivorie, senegal,Ghana, Togo, and others, arti!
sts operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the office of the presidency Nigeria Government is now paying 150 victims of this operators $1,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems, the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations'Officials and the Bank Of Africa as the corresponding paying bank .According to the number of applicants at hand, 91 Beneficiaries has submit their application and 52 have been paid, half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more left to be paid the compensations of $1,000,000.00 each.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 communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason whatsoever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the othercriminals. So keep it secr!
et till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been cont
acted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.You can receive your compensations payments via any of this optionsyouChoose,DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS or ATM CARD PAYMENT or wire transfer, I shall feed you with further modalities and where to contact as soon as I hear from you.ContacwitthisemailaddresYourfaithfully,MrsJoyabata.SCAMMEDVICTIM/REF/PAYMENTSCODE:06654


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