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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: Dr Nanna Luis <hm7590@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: revnannaluis@9.cn
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your ATM CARD,


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UNITED
NATIONS COMPENSATION
UNIT IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD
BANK
From:, Special Envoy to
Secretary-General Ban
Ki-Moon
Contact TNT Courier for
delivery
:E-MAIL: TNT.TNT@W.CN



Your ATM CARD,

We have been having a meeting for the past 7 Weeks
which just ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is
to all the people that have been victim in any part of the world, the UNITED
NATIONS IN Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate you with the
sum of One Millions Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars ($1,950,000.00 USD), for self support.This is regarding the draws
he organized before he left the office to help individuals to own a self charity
organization also for your to build your Personal Company/organization so
as to help the less privileged in there society.

This includes every
foreign contractors that may have not received their contract, inheritance sum,
and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses
that failed due to Government problems and the World financial Crisis etc. We
found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation
exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and
have been signed You are advised to contact Mr Nelson Febian of TNT Courier
office in Benin Republic, as he is our representative in
Benin, contact him immediately for your International ATM CARD of One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United States Dollars.

This funds is in a ATM CARD  for security
purpose ok?, so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your
choice. Therefore, you should send him your full Name... telephone number....
Postal Address..., Pass Port or Driver's Licence... where you want him to send
the Draft to you. Contact Mr. Nelson Febian immediately for your ATM CARD  at
the given address below:

Comapny Name: TNT Express Courier.
Contact Person:
Nelson
;E-MAIL: tnt.tnt@w.cn
 PHONE:  +229 99 85 73 20

I apologize on behalf of
my organization for any delay you might have encountered in receiving your fund
in the past. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you
as soon as you recieve the ATM CARD , Making the world a better
place.

Regards,
Office of Secretary-..
General
Ban Ki-Moon.
Dr Nanna Luis Felgenhauer
Financial officer
United Nations..
http://www.unorg/sg



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