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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"<ralfwilliheinz@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitednations741@aol.com
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:07:18 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED


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Our government and the United Nation launched an effort to compensate
all the victims of fraud And your email address was found in the list
of fraud victims.
The programs are as follows:
(1) Eradication of scamming strategies by advanced technology input.
(2) Compensation of scam victims.
(3) Instantiates funds in any kind
(4) next of kind
(5) Bitcoin investors
Your email address was found and you are one of those to be
compensated. Your total compensation fund is $3,500,000.00 (three
million five hundred thousand, United State Dollars) This money is
presently banked
with the remittance department of the organization. All you have to do
is to contact the head office of the remittance department with the
following details to enable your fund to be processed and released to
you within the stipulated time frame. contact email
(unitednations741@aol.com)
......YOUR FULL NAME........
.....YOUR HOME ADDRESS......
.....ANY COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR ID CARD......
.....PHONE NUMBER.......
And you are the one to make your choice where and how you can receive
your funds,
1, through bank to bank transfer
2, through ATM card delivery
3, through online banking system
4, through the diplomatic agent,
YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED
SIGN THE MANAGEMENT.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS for MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS
(unitednations741@aol.com)
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