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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: "THE UNITED NATIONS" <info@un.com>
Reply-To: contact4claims@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:54:12 +0700 (ICT)
Subject:




This email is from the United Nations(UN) As you already know the United
Nations(UN) is an
international organization of countries created to promote world peace and
cooperation. The UN was founded after World War II ended in 1945. Its
mission is to maintain world peace, develop good relations between
countries, promote cooperation in solving the world`s problems, and
encourage respect for human rights.

We have watched our member countries the way the people live, and how they
need financial support, we held a meeting and we have come to an agreement
and we decided to give away the sum of $19,000,000.00(Nineteen Million
Dollars) to 50 lucky persons, whom will be selected randomly from each
member countries through a computer draw of email address which will
randomly select emails from all websites, search engines on the internet
in all of the member countries, and if you recieve this email it means
that your email address have been selected and you have been awarded the
sum of $380,000.00(Three hundred and eighty thousand dollars).

To file for claim, you are to contact the UN secretariat office in Africa
on (contact4claims@gmail.com) and you are endeavour to provide your Personal
details which must include your Full Names, Nationality, and current
Occupation to help them know where you are from and help with your money
arrangement.

We hope you spend wisely and stay out of trouble, please try and invest
with care.

Regards,
Miss Joan Bruce
United Nations®(UN)


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