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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "edwardnwosu_fgn@hotmail.com nwosu_fgn" <edwardnwosu_fgn@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:32:24 +0100
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/$970,000.00 BENEFICIARIES



SCAMMED VICTIM/$970,000.00 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654/ $970,000.00. ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY, UNITED BANK OF AFRICA {UBA } / UNITED NATIONS 2001/2006 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

This is to bring to your notice that the new elected President of Nigeria [Musa Umaru Yar'Adua GCFR] in regards to his meeting with the United Nations has agreed To compensate scam victims from one of our local Bank.

I am delegate to pay 350 scam victims $970,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) each.

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $970,000.00 compensations funds.

On these faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by The world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian scams artists operating in syndicates all over the World today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 350 victims of this operators $970,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient
Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations' Officials and the Central Bank Nigeria as the corresponding paying bank is UBA BANK According to the number of applicants at hand, 200 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 150 left to be paid the compensations of $970,000.00 each.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended.

Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.You can receive your compensations payments via any of this options you Choose, DRAFT/ CHEQUE PAYMENTS ATM SWIFT CARD/ or WIRE TRANSFERS.

I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you. Yours faithfully,

Rev Edward Nwosu
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