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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: "FRANK GEORGE" <frankgeorge0055@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:55:45 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY UNITED NATIONS


[image: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon]
* UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.

Attention: Client,

How are you today? You may not understand why this mail came to you.

We have been having series of meeting for the passed days 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 world, the UNITED NATIONS
have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$ 250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)

Are you still in the process of claiming your Inheritance fund,Atm Card,
Lottery & Contract fund?Have you ever spent or paid any Money without
receiving your claims? Please be informed that your unclaimed file was
also sent to this office for immediate payment of your long unclaimed funds,
this was approved by the World Bank, United Nation, Ecowas. We have
mandated Barrister Charles Preval in our legal Department to release and
pay everybody their unclaimed fund which have been delayed by some officials
who claim to be in position of their fund thereby using that opportunity to
extort money from them.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or
international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this
have been agreed upon and have been signed.

Your Compention fund will be credit into Atm Card and send to you or
Altanatively will be send to you via Western Union Money transfer as the
case may be. This Atm Card will be cashable in any Atm machine or Bank any
where in the world. Therefore, you should send to Barrister Charles
preval Your Full Names, Your Age, Your Direct phone Number (Both mobile
number), Occupation and position . Contact Barrister Charles preval
immediately on the below contact.

Also you are required to send to Barrister Charles Preval the sum of €180
Euros only for Re-newing and re-cofirmation of your payment file that was
Deposited in his office with your name.

Do contact Barrister Charles preval through this e-mail address written
below.

Person to Contact: Barrister Charles preval .
Tel:+229 97571766.
Email: charles_preval44@mail.ru
Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your Funds.
[image:
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Regards,

Mr.Frank George
For the UN

Secretary-General .
*

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