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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: Johnson Linds <lindsjohnson0@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:43:57 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION UNIT


This is to inform you that we have been working towards the eradication of
fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of
African Unity (OAU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have
been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of
African countries and Europe, which includes (Nigeria, United Kingdom,
Spain, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody
now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague
(Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so
much money from these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime
Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered that the
money recovered from the Scammers be shared among 100 Lucky people around
the World for
compensation.

This Email/Letter has been directed to you because your email address and
country name was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer
hard-disk during the investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are
therefore being compensated with the sum of US$325,000 (US$) (Three Hundred
and twenty Five, Thousand Dollars).

We have arranged your payment to be paid to you directly to your bank
account in your country or via a check. To receive the above fund, you are
therefore advised to contact the (Zenith Bank International official) who
will transfer the fund to your bank account from the Reserve Bank.

We have advised the Bank Agent to open a private email address with a new
number as to enable us to monitor this payment and the transfer
communications to avoid further delay or misdirection of your fund.

Kindly contact the South African Reserve Bank private Bank Agent now with
the below contact details:

Contact: MRS. JOYCE ADAOBI
Compensation Fund Transfer Dept. (Zenith Bank International)
Contact Email: joyobi10@yahoo.com

Please send all replies to Contact her now and forward the below details to
him:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:

Please send all replies to

Yours in Service.
MRS. JOHNSON LINDS.
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit.

Please make sure you are a scam victim to respond to this Email if this
mail come as an Error Ignore it and Delete Immediately

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