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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Mr_Ant=C3=B3nio_Guterres?= <johnkennly877@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bronelson333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 09:25:36 +0100
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION FUND MASTER CARD

Attention Our beneficiary

This is to inform you that the United Nation Organization in
conjunction with the World Bank has released the 2020 ompensation Fund
which you are one of the lucky 40 winners that the committee has
resolved to compensate with the sum of ( €2,000,000.00 Eur. ) Two
Million Euro after the 2020 general online compensation raffle draw
held last month during the UNCC conference this year with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. António Guterres in Geneva
Switzerland. This payment program is aimed at charities / fraud
victims and their development to help individuals to establish their
own private business/companies.

Your E-mail was randomly selected among others to receive this Fund
through our International Micro Soft Network during the compensation
ballot survey/draws.

However, your Compensation Fund of €2,000,000.00 Euro has been
credited into an ATM CARD which you are entitled to be ithdrawing
€3000 Euro each day from the ATM CARD in any ATM Machine of your
choice in your country or any where in the World.

Therefore, contact Mr. Nelson Brown, he is our representative and also
United Nation`s Coordinator in West Africa that will help you receive
your ATM CARD. You can contact him immediately with his contact
address below so that he can explain to you how you can receive your
ATM CARD before the expiring date.

Contact Person: Mr Nelson Brown

E-mail: ( )

Please, make sure that you contact him as soon as you receive this
message and also remember to get back to us once you receive the ATM
CARD.

We are at your service.

Many Thanks,
Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations

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