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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: United Nation <unitednationscompensation08@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:36:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Making the world a better place













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=A0ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION. Se=
nd acopy of your response to official email: officeofzenithbankplc@yahoo.co=
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Attn:=A0

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not unders=
tand why this mail came to you.

We have been having a meeting for the passed=A03 months which ended 2 days =
ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the w=
orld, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$=
1,000,000.00 (One million States Dollars)This includes every foriegn contra=
ctors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have h=
ad an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to=
Government problems etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Eco=
nomic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are conta=
cting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. Jim Ovia of ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he i=
s our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ I=
nternational Bank Draft of=A0=A0US$1,000,000.00 (One million States Dollars=
)This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he will send it=
to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your cor=
rect mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you.

Contact Mr. Jim Ovia immediately for your Cheque:

Person to Contact Mr. Jim Ovia
Email: officeofzenithbankplc@yahoo.com

Making the world a better place

Mr.=A0David Clark=A0=20
FOR UNITED NATION=0A=0A=0A

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