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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "John William" <mrmaand35@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjohnwilliamy2k1@live.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:31:38 +0000
Subject: ZENITH BANK/ UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.


ZENITH BANK PLC
COMPENSATION OFFICE
ZENITH BANK/ UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

ATTN:

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $1.8 million USD.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED
NATIONS in Central Bank to pay 150 victims of scam $$1.8 USD (One millim
three hundrad Thousand Dollars Only each).You are listed and approved for
this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,get back
to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1.8
million USD USD compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, want you to know that during the last U.N.
meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarming on the money lost by
various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over
the world today. In other to compensate victims, the UNITED NATIONS Body is
now paying 150 victims $1.8 million USD each in accordance with the UNITED
NATIONS recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems
in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Central Bank Nigeria as
corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

Benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first cleared and
recommended for payment by ZENITH BANK PLC.According to the number of
applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, over a half of the
victims are from the United States, we still have an outstanding of 36 scam
victims left to be paid. Other victims who have not been contacted can
submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. We
shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response from you
on how you intend receiving your compensation payment. Send a copy of your
response and payment code to our remittance officer:

Yours Faithfully,
John William

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