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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: United Nations Development Program <ogunleyesolaadeogun@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoxmzxawd@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:42:32 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION MAN-DATE


Attention: Beneficiary,

It's my pleasure to officially inform you that your email was short listed
by the United Nations Compensation Committee which was setup to compensate
the Victims of Fraudulent Activities and International businesses Men/Women
that failed to complete their business due to Government Policy as regards
the payments of Inheritance/Winning claim that was due to you.

However, your Compensation Benefit value at USD$3,200,000.00M has been
approved in your favor, all that is required of you to receive your funds
is to contact the Resident Representative office. Note, your advice to stop
whatever transactions you are having in regards to your Unclaimed Funds
which is the latest instruction from Mr. António Guterres, United Nations
Secretary General, Therefore you can contact our Resident Representative
office through this (email: infoxmzxawd@gmail.com).

We unanimously agreed to pay you Via ATM MASTER CARD to enable us complete
this process, You are hereby advised to re-confirm the below information
once again to the Resident Representative officer for further
proceedings/next line of action through this (email: infoxmzxawd@gmail.com)

(1)Your full name........
(2)House Address...
(3)Country............
(4)Phone Number...
(5)Occupation...
(6)Gender...
(7)Age.......

Note: this compensation includes, Victims of Fraudulent Activities and
International businesses Men/Women that failed to complete their projects
due to Government Policy as regards the payments of Inheritance/Winning
which was due to you. CONTACT EMAIL: (infoxmzxawd@gmail.com)

Best Regards,
United Nations Development Program.

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