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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: Tim Brown <tim.brown28@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: timothybrown.1956@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 03:53:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Good Friend




My Good Friend



My name is Engineer Timothy Brown; I am a US citizen from Washington DC. I

am a next of kin to an inheritance from Nigeria, West Africa in the year 2008

and up till three months ago, I fought to receive my due inheritance

payment without success. I did not know that all these months of my

struggle, I was been swindled and mishandled by corrupt government

officials claiming to help me actualize my goal not knowing they were only

enriching their pockets with my hard earned money that I sent to Nigeria

for one reason or the other.



Not until I was directed to the United Nations zonal office in London by a

US senator in the US three month ago. He directed me to contact the zonal

representative of the United Nations in London and I did contact him for

assistance and advice on what to do to receive my due inheritance payment

into my bank account. When you contact him, give him an elaborate detail

of your problem e.g. Lottery, Contract or Inheritance even Investment and

he is going to advice you on what to do and how to go about it.



Find his contact details below and contact him at once, man is God to man,

I have realized this fact. Feel free to ask the man any question; he’s

going to be your eyes to see for you.



Contact: Ambassador Nelson Clark

UN Zonal Office London

Tel: 44 709 298 2785

E-Mail: nelson.clark@representative.com



The United Nations office in London supplied me with your contact details

that I should give you the good news that they are doing all within their

power to pay all legal and genuine foreign payments.



Regards,



Engineer Timothy Brown

private: timothybrown.1956@yahoo.co.uk

Cell: 1-206-426-6998

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