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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: "Attention Beneficiary" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nelsonpastore@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 21:47:00 +0530
Subject: UNITED NATION SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION

United Nations Headquarters
Address: 760 United Nations Plaza,
New York City,
New York 10017, United States,
4/280 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
 
Call The United Nation Office To Confirm Your Money.
Tel: +1 518 895 4992
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the past 3 months which ended yesterday with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS has agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$2M each and you have to indicate how much you lost in the hands of scammers.
 
 
This includes every foreign contractors, Inheritance,Dating and Lottery payment that have not received their Lottery/Inheritance payment, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international Lottery payment that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
 
You are advised to contact Mr. Jeff Hilary who is in charge of your payment through our paying center in West Africa as he is our representative in Lagos-Nigeria, contact him immediately for more information on how to get your compensation of US$2M payment from the United Nations.
               
You are required to send the below details;
 
 
Your Full Name.
Telephone Number.
Your Correct Mailing Address.
Country. 
Sex. .
Occupation.
State.
 
Person to Contact:Mr. Nelson Pastore
Email: nelsonpastore@outlook.com
Tel Phone: +234-705-404-0780
 
Most importantly you shall be requested to pay the sum of $190 as the Delivery fee of your ATM CARD package Via UPS.
 
Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your compensation funds don’t neglect this I advice you.
 
 
 
Regards,
Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General
 

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