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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: Payment Supervisary Board <edwardklinton@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ecbpaymentsupervisaryboard@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:22:39 +0100
Subject: Reply-to Address: ecbpaymentsupervisaryboard@gmail.com

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Thank you Beneficiary!

This is Andrea Enria, the Chairman of the Payments Supervisory Board.I am
contacting you based on the official mandate we received from the United
Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) to pay compensation to successful
claimants. In the course of review and evaluation, it was observed that
your email address is listed as one of the scam victims to be compensated
with €885,065.00 €uros.

Also in execution of this mandate, we have obtained a Certificate of
Legality for the transmission of this approved payment fund to your account
and the total compensation awarded was €885,065.00 €uros. The certificate
has been obtained in your name to legalize the fund in your country's legal
system.

I am contacting you now because we have instructed the authorized paying
bank (Nevada Global Bank) to take immediate action.

You’ll need to provide the following information if truly that you have
been scammed.

1. Passport photograph and address:
2. Any valid means of identification (passport, driver's license, national
identity card):
3. You'll have to pay $73.10 to file your claim. The fee must be paid
before the transmission of the fund.

Please, do not reply if you have already been compensated!


Thank you. Regards,
Andrea Enria- President |Payment Supervisory Board.

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