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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: "Mr. Ban Ki-Moon" <zenithcompensation_unit@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:44:19 +0100
Subject: SCAM VICTIM ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT




ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE
UNITED NATIONS.

ATTN: Sir/Madam,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,
You may not understand why this mail came to you.

In regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations
and the
Present United States Government to restore the dignity and
Economy of the Nations. Base on the Agreement with the World
Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place
for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty.

We have been having a
meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 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$ 250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars) 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.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our
Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission
observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have
been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. Godwin Emefiele of ZENITH
BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he is our representative in Nigeria,
contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank
Draft of USD$ 250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars) 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.

This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2003. You
can view
this page for your perusal:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

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. Godwin Emefiele immediately for your Cheque:

Person to Godwin Emefiele
Email: godwinemefiele2013@hotmail.com

Good luck and kind regards,


Making the world a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/

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