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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: "info" <info@dalmore.ch>
Reply-To: unitednations_lugars1@officeliveusers.com
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:30:57 +0100
Subject: REFUND PAYMENT FROM United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC).

REFUND PAYMENT FROM United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC).

In Affiliation with Barrack Obama Campaign to Assist Scammed Individuals In
The Settlement of Disputes.

Attention:


The United Nation Compensation Commission (UNCC) was created in 1991 as a
subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council. Its mandate is to retrieve lost
funds through various law agents and also to process claims and pay
compensation for losses and damages suffered as a direct result of Internet Fraud.

The UNCC in conjunction with the Barrack Obama Campaign on the 4th of January
2010 organized a confederation meeting which ended 5 Days later with the
Secretary General to the UNITED NATIONS.


This email is directed to some individuals that have been scammed in all parts
of the world due to the fact that,we can not compensate every one at once due
to the present economic financial situation at present,a random selection of
individual was conducted via E-mail addresses drawn from 100 Countries around
the world,and your email address happen to be on list for payment.

In reference to the just concluded meeting, the UNCC in affiliation with
Barrack Obama Campaign for Global Economic Crises eradication have agreed to
compensate them with categorical payment sum of $500,000 each.

Your payment file has been forwarded to the office below so you should contact
The United Nations Association of Great Britain today as soon as you receive
this letter of notification.

Contact Person:
Name: Dr. DICK LUGAR
(Director of International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office London)
Email Address: unitednations_lugars1@officeliveusers.com
Call direct to
Phone:+447024070039

You are to contact him as immediately you receive this notice NOTE: We have
mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming calls and emails, if
we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that
have been frustrating you for years, The authority shall stop and cancel your
payment immediately.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO FURNISH Dr. DICK LUGAR WITH YOUR CORRECT:
Full Name:
Full Address:
Country:
Marital status:
Age:
Phone numbers:

CONGRATULATIONS.
Mrs. Karen B. Magolie

Secretary
United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)

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