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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: "Collins Abbott" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <collsabbott@mail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:56:41 -0700
Subject: Ref: Concerning your Over delayed funds.

Attention, Attention,
 
Ref: Concerning your Over delayed funds.
 
In conjunction with the United Nations Compensation Commission and Payment Auditors report, your  name and payment file has been forwarded to us for review the immediate payment of your delayed fund, we agree and approved for installment transfer of US$2,500.000.00 to you through our designated online bank account in Europe and Asia
 
The Audit reports show that you have been going through hard times by ether paying a lot of money to dubious officials for the release of your delayed funds or had no money to process your fund genuinely, we therefore advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence outside this office since you do not have to pay any money or fee to receive your funds.
 
For the immediate payment of your first installment of US$2,500,000.00 with reference number UNCC/IPM-05M11, kindly contact this office:
 
All correspondences to our Payment Coordinator should have this reference number UNCC/IPM-05M11 sent along with your Contact Name:, Address:, Telephone number(s):
 
NB: if by any reason you have lost memory of this transact or you have not done such transaction before, kindly contact me, its means your name was used by old staff and their foreign partners to drain off money for their personal use but could not conclude it in time; we had such cases, I will give you details and we work together to secure the fund for our mutual and personal use, it will be a great opportunity.
 
Once again congratulations.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Collins Abbott
United Nations Compensation Commission
Villa La Pelouse, Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10,
 
 

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