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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 Nation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <united.nationn@aeterna.ru>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:48:18 -0800
Subject: PROVIDE YOUR ­CURRENT INFO FOR RECEIVE­ OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUND

From, United Nations office of International Oversight service Internal Audit Monitoring Consulting and Investigations Division.
 
 
By the recent update from the United nation assign delegates I understand you have not still received your approved compensation fund of 1.5 Million from the Bank in Nigeria as supposed.
 
 
A compensation of this above amount was actually offered to victims of scam whiles ago following series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe Oceania,and United States of America respectively, against the Government of Nigeria for the rate of corruption and scam activities going on in this country by scam artists operating in syndicate all over the word today. the united nation deems it necessary to look in to this trend and it was discussed upon during the last un meetings held at Abuja Nigeria in which a decision was reached to compensate noted victims of this operation.
 
 
however, the motion of compensating victims has since been approved by the present government of president Good Luck Ebele Jonathan based on sequence pressures of the U.N and you are amongst the 78 beneficiaries as your email contact is included in the list of beneficiaries submitted to my office by the U.N delegate appointed to review this processs, but have not yet received your payment.
 
 
On this note, I advise you provides me with your present receiving information's so that I shall contact the person in-charge of the payments right away to enable your compensation fund released to you without further delay. As informed, the payment is being made by ATM Master card with which you will use and make withdrawals of fund from any part of the world at atm centre near to you. so confirm to me your information's necessary to receive the ATM card package e.g Your Full Names, Your current Address, and phone number. and I shall forward same to the person incharge myself and see to it that payment is affected to you  accordingly. the only  money  you need pay upfront in this is $155 for delivery cost of the ATM card package to you as the issued bank was not allowed right of any deduction on the fund as decided by the UN delegates which is part of advantageous measures taken by the UN delegates to avoid any mischievous occurrence.
 
 
 
Sincerely yours.
Ms. Carman Lapointe Young.
United Nation Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services.
 
 

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