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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: nelsoncollins@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:14:29 +0100
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS IS READY


FROM:MR.NELSON COLLINS.
ECO FINANCIAL HOUSE/UNITED NATIONS
2008
Tell:234-807 760 0257
COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:
TRASNFER#06654 $500,000 00.USD

This is to bring to your notice that I
am delegated from the United Nations to Ecobank Abuja to pay 100
Nigerian 419 scam victims $500,000,00.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 five hundred thousand
dollars 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 various 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(President musa umaru yaradua. ) is
now paying 100 victims of this operators $500,000,00. USD each, the
payments are to be paid by Ecobank Abuja ,Nigeria,corressponding paying
bank under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria(C.B.N.).


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
16 left to be paid the compensations of $500,000,00. 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 any body for any
reason what so ever,the US secret service is already on trace of the
criminals.
For more vital information,please visit:


http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You can receive
your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose,
DRAFT PAYMENTS, WIRE TRANSFERS or by a diplomatic home cash delivery,I
shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from
you.
Please make sure you direct your response to this e-mail
address:(nelsoncollins111@gmail.com) for easier communication.
Yours
faithfully,
Mr.Nelson Collins.


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