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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: "mrsbarbara.mahama" <mrsbarbara.mahama@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:29:21 +0100
Subject: HOW ARE YOU.

UNITED NATIONS 2023 MEETING FOR SCAMS VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

ATTENTION:

SCAMMED VICTIM/$5,000,000.00 BENEFICIARIES. REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654
$5,000,000.00 USD.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED
NATIONS in America Bank to pay 150 victims of scam $5,000,000.00 USD
(FIVE MILLION Dollars) each. Your email are listed and approved for
this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get
back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payments of
your $5,000,000.00 USD compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, want you to know that during the
last U.N. meetings held at Addis, Ababa, it was alarming on the money
lost by various individuals to the scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate victims, the UNITED NATIONS Body is now paying
150 victims $5,000,000/00 USD each in accordance with the UNITED
NATIONS recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking
Systems in Africa, the payments are to be processed by AMERICA BANK
as corresponding Paying bank under funding assistance by The ASIA BANK
for funds remittance.

Benefactor of this compensation will have to be first cleared and
recommended for payment by AMERICA BANK.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has
been paid, over a half of the victims are from the United States and
Europe,we still have a pending of 36 compensations left to be
paid.Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their
personal details application as well for scrutiny and possible
consideration.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of this options
you Choose, CASH DELIVERY or DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER. We shall feed you
with further modalities as soon as we get response from you. we are
waiting so soon to hear from you for your $5,000,000.00 USD
compensation.NOTE..Please in case you received this message by error
kindly notify the sender,

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs Mahama Barbara.

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