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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: "UNITED NATIONS"<webmaster@chaletlargo.com>
Reply-To: <markbenson2002@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:13:39 -0700
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION MONEY







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<DIV>UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT,

IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.</DIV>

<DIV> </DIV><DIV>Attention: Friend,

</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><DIV>How are you

today? Hope all is well with you and

family?, You may not understand why

this mail came to you.<BR> <BR>We have

been having a meeting for the passed 7

months which ended2 days ago with the

then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to all the people that

have been scammed in any part of the

world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed

to compensate them with the sum of

US$900,000.00 <B R> <BR>This includes

every foreign contractors that may

have not received their contract sum,

and people that have had an

unfinished transaction or

international businesses that failed

due to Government problems etc.<BR>

<BR>We found your name in our list and

that is why we are contacting you,

this have been agreed upon and have

been signed.<BR> <BR>You are advised

to contact Mr Mark Benson of our paying

center in BENIN, as he is our

representative in <SPAN

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dashed">BENIN</SPAN>, contact him

immediately for your Cheque/ <SPAN

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Draft</SPAN> of USD$900,000.This funds

are in a Bank Draft for security

purpose ok? so he will send it to you

and you can clear it in any bank of

your choice o tell him what will be

convinent fo you.<BR> <BR>Therefore,

you should send him your full Name and

telephone number your correct mailing

address where you want him to send the

Draft to you. Contact Mr. Mark Benson

immediately for your Cheque:<BR>
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<BR>Person to Contact:Mr. Mark Benson

<BR>Email: <A rel=nofollow><FONT

color=#003399>markbenson2002@aol.com</

FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT

color=#0000ff><DIV>Phone:

00229-96724-150 </DIV <DIV> </DIV>

<DIV>Thanks and God bless you and your

family. Hoping to hear from you as

soon as you cash your Bank Draft.

Making the world a better place.<BR>

</DIV></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></STRONG>

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