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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: COMPENSATION <off49@sivnl.com>
Reply-To: <organizationofafricanunit@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:05:40 +0100
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT

Attention my dear,

Information just reached to this office from West African representatives over the scams you went through in the past in African region most especially in Cotonou Benin Republic /Nigeria Ghana and Burkina-Faso and also in United States Of America where they has partners . Please kindly send your full house address and phone number so that we can proceed . This Organization is been set up by all African Country's Ambassadors in USA to handle refunding to all African Scam victims .

This commission will pay back all the money you lost in the past as long as Africa is involved . We have 150,000,000 USD (One Hundred And Fifty Million United States Dollars) from all the Presidents in Africa just to pay back to those who lost their hard earned money to the African scam artists . Kindly reply back with the details you can remember so that your payment will commence.

Regards ,
MR. GEORGE IBE
PHONE : +22998429596
ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNIT COTONOU BENIN

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