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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: E-MAIL ANNOUNCEMENT <jvind@stofanet.dk>
Reply-To: E-MAIL ANNOUNCEMENT <cybernotice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:50:05 +0200
Subject: RESPONSE SHOULD BE CHANNELED TO via EMAIL(barr_rapper@hotmail.com )



UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION - UK
(WORLD DEVELOPING ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL AWARD
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
UNITED NATIONS LIASION OFFICE
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
Our Ref: TC/NN/UK/XX028


ATTENTION!!!

This is to inform you&nbsp; that a random selection of individual was conducted via
E-mail addressees drawn from 250 Countries around the world, whom will be
awarded a contract worth of 9.2 Million GBP (Nine Million Two Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds). This money is to be used to support
humanitarian activities and to help carry out a selfless service to
mankind E.g. Helping the poor, building of School, Library, Care for the
less privilege and as well developing local communities around the world.

&nbsp;It is on this note that I, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro the Deputy Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS contact you, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter
were returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email
address stated here and I wish to notify you that you have been AWARDED this
GREAT CONTRACT and a total sum of 9.2 Million GBP (Nine Million Two Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds ) have been&nbsp; reserved to you in a highly confidential
Bank account with a security firm

Until today, we have helped many lives in developing countries, around the
world, E.g. Vietnam, India, Nigeria, Ghana, South African, Malaysia,
Korea, and have also developed some charitable projects which have won us
numerous awards.

Please if I reach you this time as I am hopeful, endeavor to contact our
attorney general in charge of remittance with the information provided
below,

BARRISTER KEITH RAPPER LAW FIRM
Address: Mitre House, 160 Alders gate Street, London EC1A 4DD
E-mail: barr_rapper@hotmail.com
TEL: + (44)-704-574-8348, Fax: + (44)-87-1251-8628

Contact him; please provide him with (1.) Remittance Code (*KC11215#)
(2.) Full Name and Address, (3.) Telephone Number (4.) Age: (5.)
Occupation, (6.) Present Country:

You are advised to contact BARRISTER KEITH RAPPER LAW FIRM as soon as you
get this e-mail so that a CONTRACT AGREEMENT LETTER can be forwarded to
you, as this will be requested as proof of identification when you contact
the remittance Bank for proper claims.

Once again, I sincerely thank you for your good co-operation to help build
the nation and I pray God give you the strength to establish this contract
successfully.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro
Deputy Secretary-General
RESPONSE SHOULD BE CHANNELED TO via EMAIL
(barr_rapper@hotmail.com&nbsp;&nbsp; )


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