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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: "Dale Miskel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bright.morgan@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:51:46 -0000
Subject: Good News For You.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PAYMENT
Office Department
Payment Ref: 801-192-2010
3, Link Avenue Beach Land
Washington Dc

Dear Beneficiary,

Scammed Victim Compensation US$1.800.000.00 Payment Ref: 801-554-2010.

My name is Mr. Dale Miskel, I am working with the Merchant Risk Council (MRC) today the award winner of the “MRC Law Enforcement Officer of the year”. Miskel, an FBI supervisory special agent, is being recognized for his hard working in fighting against online fraud originating from entire Africa,Europe and United States Of America, that affected USA merchant’s consumers and other part of the world. Please read more about me and my effort to stop internet crime in Africa .

www.fbi.gov/page2/april05/cyberthief040405.htm

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. general assembly held in New York last week, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lost of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to retain our good image , the Government is now paying 1000 victims of this operators US$1.8 Million each in this month 2010. According to the number of applicants at hand, 185 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the America, Europe, Middle East and Asia, we still have more left to be paid including you.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in West Africa, as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to the fraudster for any reason or whatsoever, the USA secret service SS and FBI is already on trace of the rest fraudsters/criminals for their arrest.

I am going around the Africa and other Part of Europe and America arresting people with such criminal act and regular alerting teaching consumers of scams and advice on ways you can avoid being duped by given them more information on safeguarding against scam and other online fraud during our intelligent investigation. For security reasons you have been assigned a code/password that (731), please note that this code is the reference number to your payment and it’s being disclosed to you alone.

For more details about your payment contact Dr (Barrister) Bright Morgan the United Nations compensating Attorney in West Africa to assist and confirm that all beneficiaries receive their funds complete without any delay or hitch.

The below is the contact information of Barrister Bright Morgan,

Contact Name: Dr (Barrister) Bright Morgan
Address: 10, Link Avenue, Lagos-Nigeria
E-mail Address: bright.morgan@hotmail.co.uk
Direct Telephone Number:+ 234-805-7192326

Warning: You are advice to stop communication with any office or department pretending to be UN office in any where round the world, you can only concentrate with Dr (Barrister) Bright Morgan via the above details, he is a British lawyer who UN brought to monitor the payment and to make sure that all the beneficiaries receive their fund at the appropriate time.call him now if you can.

Yours in Service,
Agent Dale Miskel

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