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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.robertwyatt445@live.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:16:01 +0200
Subject: COMPENSATION TO SCAM VICTIM?

Dear Beneficiary,

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.

There has been a meeting for the passed 2 months, which ended 2 days ago
with the 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

$250,000 USD (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State 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
observers in your country. That is why we are contacting you. These have
been agreed upon and have been signed. so you are advised to contact Mr.
ROBERT WYATT of compensation and finance house,SC,U.S.A, as he is our
representative in

USA. Contact him immediately for your Compensation payment of $250,000.000
USD (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) Funds will be
release direct to you in accordance with legal clearance and procedures.

This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2005. 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/telephone number/your
residential address/Gender and Occupation.

Contact Mr. ROBERT WYATT immediately for your compensation payment:

Contact Person: Mr.ROBERT WYATT
Email:mr.robertwyatt445@live.com
Tel: (864) 416-1241
Office address: 212 Cogin Drive Greer S.C.29651

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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