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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • philipowens@uymail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "maryanmasala Gazeta.pl" <maryanmasala@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:25:05 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.


FROM:THE HONURABLE SECERTARY TO THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE , UNITED
NATIONS.
REPLY WITH THIS ID ONLY, EMAIL:( philipowens@uymail.com )
DIRECTOR SCAMMED VICTIM/ $5,200,000.00
BENEFICIARIES; REF / PAYMENTS CODE: (06654) $5.200,000.00.
ATTN: TO THIS EMAIL OWNER.


UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last
U.N. meetings held at EUROPE , it was alarmed so much by the world in the
meeting on the loss of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian, Benin
Republic, and some other part of the world scam artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Africa
Nigerian Government is now paying 300 victims of this operators
$5.200,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.
Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Africa, the payments
are to be supervised by the United Nations' Officials and the Minister of
Finance, the corresponding paying bank is in EUROPE.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations
to pay 300 scam victims $5.200,000.00 (FIVE MILLION AND TWO HUNDRED thousand
UNITED STATE DOLLAR) 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
payment of your $5.200,000.00 compensations funds.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 149 Beneficiaries has been
paid,half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 151
left to be paid the compensations of $5,200,000.00 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 compensation payments via any of this options you
Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS OR WIRE TRANSFERS. I shall feed you with
further modalities as soon as I hear from you pls. Forward to us below
informations only.

1. Your confidential telephone number
2. Choose the way you want to received your compensation payments

We await your urgent response.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. M SALA
Reply direct to below name and email address Dr. Phillip Owens, Secertary
U/N Scamned Victim.

Dr. PHILLIP OWENS.
THE HONURABLE SECERTARY TO THE U/N MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
SCAMMED VICTIM / REF / PAYMENTS CODE:(06654) $5,200,000.00
EMAIL; ( philipowens@uymail.com )

SUBJECT; *UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam