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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: "Mrs. Stella A. Komah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <official.message@rocketmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:07:05 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary, From Mrs. Stella A. Komah (UN Debt Payment Coordinator)

Mrs. Stella A. Komah
Foreign Payment Coordinator/Adviser
United Nations/West African Debt Payment Program
Cotonou Secretariat, Republic of Benin.
West Africa.
Email: info.unitednations-debtpayprogram@africamail.com
Tel: +229 663 67159


Dear Beneficiary,
Re: Your Claim Payment
This letter is strictly important and official,though this is an unusual manner of contacting you because there is no fax line nor a direct phone contact stated to reach you in your payment file, but this particular letter is of exceptional and very official, since this how the processing of your claim commence, well there is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart presently in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that you have face lots of ugly experience in the pursuit of your claim in the past, thereby making it extremely difficult for you genuine and legitimate contractors/beneficiaries to receive their over due claim payment as scheduled by the concern banks.

Well, I am sending you this email through the electronic email with reservations, to prove to you that your payment has been release long ago and you do not need much charges to get your transfer completed into your bank account with proves,you have only been ripped and mislead by your former respresentatives whom you thought were assisting you in this regard.

The issue I want to unravel to you is a very classified and sensitive one, it may be very difficult for you to comprehend, but it is certainly the truth. you do not need much charges to completed your transfer of fund into your bank account all the huge fee you are been required in the past is false which represent the Judiciary Court Administrative Processing Charges, you only need a token to get this done but all other charges will be deducted during the process of transfer, this is the normal banking protocol.

If you are ok with this, be advise to make available the your complete data informations for confirmation with what we have in our record as soon as possible for a quick and easy confirmation with the Judiciary here in cotonou, Republic of Benin.

I will then send you the details informations about the transfer of your funds as soon as i received your response with the required details reconfirming your receiving bank account informations and the complete data informations asrequired.

Please Note, direct your response and informations to my official email address only as stated here (info.unitednations-debtpayprogram@africamail.com) only for a quick response.

I wait your urgent response


Yours Sincerely

Mrs. Stella A. Komah
Foreign Payment Coordinator/Adviser
United Nations/West African Debt Payment Program
Cotonou Secretariat, Republic of Benin.
West Africa.

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