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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: Information <drjohnsonoriowhite@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsdankyle52@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 22:45:49 +0100
Subject:

*United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for DevelopmentCoordination, In
Affiliation with World Bank.Dear Beneficiary,We have previously sent you
emails in respect of your outstanding compensation payment which has since
been assigned to you. We were going through your payment portfolio and came
to a logical conclusion that you are yet to receive your 2021 Covid-19
compensation payment.We must get you informed that your email was listed
among those that are yet to receive their compensation payment. The United
Nations in Affiliation with the World Bank have agreed to compensate each
with the sum of USD1,500, 000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand
UnitedStates Dollars) only.For this reason, you are to receive your payment
through a certified ATM CARD PAYMENT. Note, with this ATM Card you can
withdraw money and also make payment anywhere in the World without any
problem and please for no reason should you disclose your account
information as your account information is not and can never be needed
before you receive your card payment.Contact Name: Mrs. Daniella
KyleEmail: mrsdankyle52@gmail.com
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/3ql1sum3c9vw/?&cs=wh&v to=mrsdankyle52@gmail.com>Please
ensure that you follow the directives and instructions of Mrs. Daniella
Kyle so that within 24-72 hours you would have received your card payment
and your secret pin code issued directly to you for security reasons. We
apologize on behalf of the United Nations Development Coordination for any
delay you might have encountered in the past.Yours Faithfully,Assistant
Secretary General-General- Volker TurkUnited Nations for Strategic
Coordination*

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