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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "U.N GOVERNMENT" <deliveryfirstflight@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:50:29 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Congratulations on your Credit card payment



Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
The Board of trustees of the United Nations Development hereby congratulate you on the approval of your Compensation payment as scam victim,please if you are not the owner of this email or you have not been a victim before be sincere to yourself by not responding,ATM CARD Number 2900 worth US$500,000 has been accreditted in your name.Kindly contact the courier company with the information below for the immediate release of your ATM CASH CARD.

Note:The only fees you are to pay when contacting the Courier Company is US$100 which is meant for the shipping of the parcel.

Contact Person:Mr.Jeffrey Simpson
Email:delivery.firstflight@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone Number:+2347033528139

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:

Regards,

President U.N Countries
Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann

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