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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: "JERRY CLIFFORD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <compensationfunding@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:04:49 -0700
Subject: Your Urgent Reply Will Be Appreciated.,

Attention Beneficiary,

COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $1.500.000.00 ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS VIA DRAFT

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed Minister of finance and the governing body of the United Nations Monetary Unit to investigate the unnecessary delay of your compensation payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank in attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your payment.

The United Nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has chosen to pay out all the compensation funds to scam victims over 100 Beneficiaries from from U.S.A, Europe, Canada, United Arab Emirates,Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South America, Australia and Asia and Africa Continent through DRAFT as this is a global payments technology that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital currency instead of Cash and Cheques.

We have arranged your payment to be paid to you through DRAFT and this will be issued on your Name and shall be posted directly to your address via DHL or any courier services available in your country. Upon your contact with us, the sum of $1.500.000.00 will be PAID to you through BANK DRAFT.

In this regards, you are to contact and furnish the requested information to the Directorate of International Payment and Transfer with the followings;

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Postal or Residential Address:
3. Mobile Number:

Endeavor to furnish the above information to the officers below for the issuance and delivery of your BANK DRAFT:

We required your urgent response to this email as directed to avoid further delay and do not responds back if you are not a scam victims as this compensation payment is been made for them only.

Yours faithfully,

DR. JERRY CLIFFORD
UNITED NATIONS
Public Information Officer

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