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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@unitednationcompensation.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:49:53 +0100 (CET)
Subject: REPLY


ATTN:Sir/Madam

SAMMED VICTIM/1.5 MILLION BENEFICIARY.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:0CW/F654 1.5 MILLION USD

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated
from the United Nations to Central bank Nigeria to pay
100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1.5 Million each, you are
listed and approved for this payments as one of the
scammed victims,get back to me as soon as possible for
the immediate payments of your $1.5 Million
compensations funds.

On this faithfull recomendations,I want you to know
that during the last UN meetings held at
Abuja,Nigeria,it was alarmed so much by the rest of
the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by
variouse foreigners to the scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today,in other to retain
the good image of the country,the president of the
country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1.5
Million USD each,Due to the corrupt and inefficient
banking systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be paid
by Central bank Nigeria as corressponding paying bank
under fundling assistance by the National westminster
bank london.

According to the number of applicants at hand,84
beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are
from the United States,we still have more 20 left to
be paid the compensations of $1.5 Million each.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the
syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one
of thier victims of the operations,you are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to
him for any reason what so ever,the US secret service
is already on trace of the criminal.

For more vital information,please visit:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You will receive your compensation payemt via certified bank draft ,I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Send your response to official email: central_bn2006@myway.com

Yours faithfully,

Dr Harry Amadi
Chairman, Nigeria
scam victims committee

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