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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 NATIONS ORG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rosemarygraham12@yahoo.es>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 22:08:15 +0300
Subject: From the UN (Compensation to scam victims)

(INTERNATIONAL FUNDSTRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
(WORLD BANKASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONALPAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870UNITED NATIONS PLAZA20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
http://www.un.org Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX0211


Attention: Beneficiary

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

This email is sent to all the people that have been scammed in every part of the world, the
UNITED NATIONS agreed upon to compensate them with the sum of US$1,000,000.00
(One Million United State Dollars Only). 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 E.T.C. We found your name and information in our list
so we are contacting you to let you know that the compensation will be releasing to you,
this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to reconfirm your personal information once again to our enable me forward it to the
PAYING BANK for the immediate release of your funds to you. Therefore, don't forget to send your full
Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address and also your international passport.

so quickly forward the listed information so that the paying bank will start with the release of your funds.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Ms Rosemary Graham
For: MR.BAN KI-MOON,
SECRETARY GENERAL.
NATIONS ORGANIZATION.
Making the world a better place.

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