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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.nation@aeterna.ru>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:19:02 -0000
Subject: POSITIVE RESOLUTION REGARDING YOUR COMPENSATION FUND

From, Ms. Carman L.Young (United Nations Under Secretary General office of International      Oversight service) Internal Audit Monitoring and Investigations Div.
 
 
 
Following the update report from the United nation assign delegates I understand you have not yet received your approved compensation fund of 1.5 Million from the Bank in Nigeria as supposed. as your email contact is amongst the list of beneficiaries submitted to my office.
 
Though' there was actually some ugly situations that delays the payment till date. as it was discovered that some mischievous persons and corrupt officials in Nigeria were attempting of continue benefiting themselve on the fund all this while by retaining it in a fixed deposits and reaping the accrued interests thereby constituting obstacles and delays over delivery of the fund to respective beneficiaries as supposed. this dubious strategies was uncovered by the United Nation probe panel of late. however the problems have now been resolved and taken control of by the United nation. you can now receive your compensation fund without further delay.
 
note, the payment is still being made by ATM master card which you can use and make withdrawals of fund from at atm center near to you any part of the world. but you will need to send the delivery money of the ATM card to you as the issued bank was not allowed the right of making any deduction on the fund by the united nation review panal, this decision was actually part of advantageous measures taken by the delegates to avoid any mischievous occurrence over the payments. hence beneficiaries are required to send the delivery money for their package and the ATM card for the exact approved amount of US$1.500.000.00  will be
delivered to you. this was the agreement as decided by the delegates and need to be followed accordingly. so you need to send a  total delivery cost of $155 for the ATM card package to be delivered to you.
 
 
On this note, I advise you provides me with your present receiving information's  e.g Your Full Names, Your current Address (were you want the ATM card to be delivered) also your phone number, and the required fee. so that I shall contact the person in-charge of the payments right away and provide him your receiving informations myself to enable him deliver the ATM card for your compensation fund to you without further delay.
 
 
Sincerely yours.
Ms. Carman Lapointe Young.
United Nation Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services.
 

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