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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: =?UTF-8?B?TXIuIEFkYnVsbGlhaGkgRGlra28=?= <granlauty@infovia.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:

WB/UNITED NATIONS 2010 SCAM VICTIMS
COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS
REF/PAY= MENTS CODE: 06654.

Dearest

Firstly we introduce this commissi= on (INTERPOL) International Police. We fight cyber crime, internet fraud, s= cam and money laundering in Africa, London, United State and Asian region. = Our commission has been in existences since 2002 and our duty is to stop in= ternet fraud. We have over 11,500 fraudsters in our Central prisons around = UK, Africa  and we are still on the lookout more. We are aware that a = lot of foreigners have been deceived and huge amounts of money have been lo= st to them.

The Leaders of the UN Crime Fighters, have come together= to inform the world what is going on and we have recovered over $ 422 Mill= ion Dollars (Four Hundred and Twenty two Million Dollars) from the people w= e have apprehended. Your reference (Email id) was given to us by one of the= fraudsters in our detention room after serious investigation and our aim i= s to refund all lost funds to its legitimate owners. The UN has approved a = total of Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars only (US $ 500,000.00), as compen= sation to the loss that you incurred as this was a ceiling rate. Some suffe= red more while others suffered less and the idea is to restore back to the = position that you would have been if not defrauded. In addition to the comp= ensation amount approved in your favor is One  million usd(US $1,000.0= 0 00), making it a total of US1 Million Dollars, This will be paid to you i= n the next few days.
 
We still seek for others who feel they ar= e wise and hope that you will be of assistance by giving us more informatio= n as per clue in apprehending them. The UN has issued instructions that for= eign payment should be via ATM MasterCard only and no representative(s) wil= l be accepted in order to avoid diversion of beneficiary's funds into their= private account.

We do hereby ask you to contact this office immedi= ately with your personal data such as, Full name and address, country of or= igin Company's name and position (if any), Present occupation, Mobile/phone= number for easier communication for ratification and to redeem your compen= sation.
 
NB: (confidential) if this email is received accidenta= lly and you are not a scam victim, please Ignore and do not respond
&nbs= p;
Reply  Email :   service@infodepartmentunitahcpainc.or= g

Regards

INSPECTOR Karline Erick
INTERPOL & SCAM VICT= IMS

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