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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 Compensation." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsdorisjones1@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:05:21 -0500
Subject: UNITED NATION COMPENSATION OFFICE / UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENT.

British Government/ United Nation.DEBTS CENTRE,
3/5 Whitehall Court, LONDON, SW1A 2EL.
OFFICE OF THE BG/UN.FINANCIAL AUDITORS,
British Government /United Nation.
COMPENSATION CENTER,
3/5 Whitehall Court, LONDON, SW1A 2EL.

UNITED NATION COMPENSATION OFFICE / UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENT.

FROM THE DESK OF MRS. DORIS JONES

ATTENTION!!!

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: AFB/XXETETE[ $860,000 USD.]

Re: United Nation Compensation for Fraud Victims.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in African Development Bank to pay 150 victims of scam $860,000 USD (Eight Hundred and sixty thousand Dollars Only each).You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $860,000 USD compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarming on the money lost by various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate victims, the UNITED NATIONS Body is now paying 150 victims $860,000 USD each in accordance with the UNITED NATIONS recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be paid by Oceanic bank Ltd as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the governments of USA , CANADA and BRITAIN.

Any benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first cleared and recommended for payment by UNITED NATION... According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, over a half of the victims are from the United States, we still have an outstanding of 36 scam victims left to be paid. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response from you on how you intend receiving your compensation payment.

Yours Faithfully,
MRS DORIS JONES
FOR MANAGEMENT

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