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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: "COMPENSATIONS PAYMENT." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <smithanderson0001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:01:41 -0800
Subject: ARE YOU A SCAM VICTIM?

WORLD BANK/UNITED NATIONS /SCAM VICTIMS.
Our Ref:WBA/ U.N/WBO/042SWISS/2012.

Attn:Scam Victim.

Sir.

You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the past two weeks which just ended Few days ago with the World Bank Director and the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world especially here in Nigeria, the UNITED NATIONS IN Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate over 50 scam victims with the sum of USD$800,000,00,(EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)This includes every foreign iNHERITANCE/lOTTERY/contractors that may have not received their Funds sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government bad policy or Natural Disasaters etc. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed into law by the World Bank and the United Nations and the Nigerian Governemnt.

You can view the link so that you can know more about the compensation funds payment.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

The CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA,Banco SANTANDER BANK SPAIN AND CITI BANK PLC UK, are the corresponding paying bank under the funding assistance of the World Bank/ UNITED NATIONS,for that is where most victims have been scammed of their hard earned money

You will receive your reimbursement via WORLD BANK AFRICAN REGIONS ATM PAYMENTS UNIT headed by Mr.Smith Anderson who has been send to Nigeria to make an immediate delivery of your already loaded ATM GLOBAL MASTER CARD,Note that for the Delivery of the ATM MASTER CARD to you,you are in obligation to obtain a Duly Sworn Affidavit from WORLD BANK USPIS Liaison Office in Nigeria which will back up YOUR CLIAMS as a Scam ViCTIM and the Origin of your Compensations Fund. You should therefore contact our payee World Bank officer in Nigeria to get the WORLD BANK USPIS Sworn Affidavit from the High COURT in Nigeria for you to claim your US$800,000,00 LOADED ATM MASTER CARD which is ready for shipment to you.

Below is his contact information of the PAYEE officer of the World Bank in Nigeria and NOTE THAT THE COST OF THE WORLD BANK USPISS AFFIDAVIT IS $145,that is the amount you will send to him for the AFFIDAVIT before your shipment is made by him ONLY and You are required to contact the payee officer in charge and send your proper informations to him together with the payment fee of $145 and Your call is highly important and copy of your response is expected with the following information, With this code (CODE 1122 AS THE SUBJECT)ATM MASTER CARD PIN PASSWORD for your withdrawals from any ATM MACHINE in your country.

Full Name:
Full home Delivery address:
Telephone:
occupation:
Age:
Sex:
Email:

PAYEE OFFICER:

Mr.Smith Anderson
Email:smithanderson0001@gmail.com
Tel:234-805-8875754.

I apologize on behalf of my organization for any delay you have might encountered in receiving your compensations funds fund in the past. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you get your ATM card from Smith Anderson as instructed to him by the WORLD BANK and the UNITED NATIONS,Please note that this is a COMPENSATIONS PAYMENT which is a grant for your past lost.

Making the world a better place.

Regards,

Dr Micheal Moore
cc: Ban Ki-Moon.
(UN Secretary-General)
http://www.un.org/sg/

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