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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: "MR. PHILIP JOHNSON" <stan.office200@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:09:22 -0700
Subject: YOUR SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND PAYMENT TO YOU . PLEASE AND
RESPOND BACK NOW


*UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMMEDDIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT
ANDTRANSFERS. UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICELONDON UNITED KINGDOMWIRE
TRANSFER/AUDIT UNITOur Ref: UN/CPO/WB/845/2022ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY:*





















*Reply To: zenithbnknigeria232@gmail.comHow are you today? Hope all is well
with you and family?You may not understand why this mail came to you. We
have been having a meeting for the past three months which ended two days
ago with the UNITED NATIONS BOARD AND AND WORLD BANK ORGANIZATION
AUDITORS, with New secretary to the United Nations. Mr.António Guterres.
This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the
world, The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of
$2,500,000 USD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars}
each. This includes every foreign contractor that may have not received
their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or
international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.We
found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has
been agreed upon and has been signed.You are advised to contact Mr. Peter
Olisemedua Amangbo, of ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he is our
representative, contact him immediately for your (ATM Card) of US$2,500,000
USD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars} each.This
funds are in a ATM MASTER CARD.for security purpose ok? so he will send it
to you through Courier Services and you can use it in any ATM master card
in any part of the country,Therefore, you should send him your full Name
and telephonenumber/your correct mailing address where you want him to send
the ATM MASTER CARD.to you.Contact REV, COLLINCE PETERS , immediately for
your ATM MASTER CARD.Person to Contact Olisemedua Amangbo, Bank Name Zenith
Bank Nigeria Plc Contact him now on his direct Email:Once Again When
Contacting Him Send To Him Your FullName, Residential Address, Private
Phone Number.Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from
you as soon as you receive your ATM MASTER CARD.Reply
To: zenithbnknigeria232@gmail.comMr.António GuterresUnited Nations
Secretary General.Web:http://www.un.org/sg/*

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