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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 Public Information<drsholardesk@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:26:11 +0400
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM BENEFICIARY( REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $400,
000.00 USD ONLY)

.SCAMMED VICTIM/521 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $400,000.00 USD ONLY

This is to bring to your notice that I am a delegate from the United Nations to The IMF (International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional Payment Office to pay 521 scam victims $400,000.00 USD (Four Hundred Thousand Dollars only) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $400,000 USD compensations funds.On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lost of funds by various individual to scam artist operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate these victims, the U.N Body is now paying 521 victims of this operators $400,000.00 USD each in accordance with the U.N .recommendations. Due to the corrupt and in-efficient Banking Systems in Federal Republic of Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by UN officials sitting at IMF(International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional Payment Office as corresponding payment centre under funding assistance by United Nation body.
According to the number of applicants at hand, 284 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, and we still have more 237 left to be paid the compensations of $400,000.00 USD each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the U.S. Secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been Contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. You can receive your compensations payments via.

1. ATM CARD
2. CHECK PAYMENT

Indicate your option and send your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want us to send the compensation to.
To UN Representative: Dr Shola Omoregie
Email: drsholardesk@yahoo.com.hk
Phone: +234-7065223215

Please you are adviced to stop any communication with any person or Boby that you are currently paying money to due to transaction which you have online with the person.Please let us know right now via email or telephone your present dealing online,so we can help you varify the authenticity of the transaction which you are presently involved in,so you dont get scammed.

Please also send me prof of payment in any previous scam.If you still have any.

I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.
Do feel free to call me any time on my telephone number.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Shola Omoregie
United Nation Representative
http://www.un.org/sg

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