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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: "Reverend Alfred Ike..." <usconsulateoffice590@gmail.com>
Reply-To: revalfredike@w.cn
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:56:03 +0800
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/2 MILLION COMPENSATION FUND.



SCAMMED VICTIM/2 MILLION COMPENSATION FUND.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654
$2MILLION USD

Att: Sir/ Madam,

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to Central bank of Nigeria to pay 700 Nigerian 419 scam
victims $2 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments
as one of the scammed victims, get back to me as soon as possible for
the immediate payments of your $2 Million compensations funds.

On this faithfull recomendations, I want you to know that during the
last UN meetings held at abuja,Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the
rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by variouse
foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the
world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the
president of the country is now paying 700 victims of this operators
$2 Million USD each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking
systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Central bank of
Nigeria as corressponding paying bank under fundling assistance.

Stop dealing with those fake officials, they will be asking for money
from you, our Government here has paid for all charges, feell free to
contact us, for free transfer, no hidden fee, free of transfer, stop
sending money to them, this is am oppotunity for you to claim your
compensation funds now.According to the number of applicants at hand,
80 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the
United States, we still have more 620 left to be paid the
compensations of $2. Million each.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was
arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of thier victims of the operations,
you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to
him for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on
trace of the criminal.

For more vital information,please visit:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both
options you choose, ATM VISA CARD or WIRE TRANSFERS,

I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.Do
send to us the follow viatl information.

1. Your full names.
2. Your direct phone number.
3. Home Address if you need ATM VISA CARD.Yours

faithfully,
Reverend Alfred Ike.
Minister For Information.
TEL:234-7084417432

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