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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: "Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contact-effcdepartment@inbox.ru>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:35:42 +0200
Subject: RE:PAYMENT

ATTN: Sir/Madam,

In regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations and the
Present Government of Nigeria to restore the dignity and Economy of
the Nations. Based on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance to
help and make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of
abolishing poverty.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of
the world, the United Nations have agreed to compensate them with the
sum of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) 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 etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team
of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) observers and this
is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been
signed.

Get back to us with the following information for the United Nations
compensation to be processed on your behalf.

(1) Full Names......
(2) Home address and office address.....
(3) Occupation.......
(4) Age...........
(5) Marital Status........

KINDLY SEND YOU ABOVE DETAILS TO OUR VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT (contact-effcdepartment@inbox.ru)
Immediately we receive the above mentioned details, United Nations
will order the Federal Government of Nigeria to proceed with your
compensation payment within 7days.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

Yours Sincerely,
Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary General,
United Nations.

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