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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 NATIONS SCAM VICTINS COMPENSATIONS" <admin@live.com>
Reply-To: remittanceagent111@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:39:22 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: COMPENSATION FUND RELEASE

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
UNITED NATION/ BANK OF ENGLANd
2008/2009 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.
DIRECTOR REF/PAYMENTS CODE: BOE/06654
100,000 POUNDS (BANK WIRE TRANSFER)

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED
NATIONS in Bank OF ENGLAND to pay 150 victims of scam 100,000 POUNDS (ONE
HUNDRED
THUOSAND POUNDS ) 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
100,000 POUNDS compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, want you to know that during the last
U.N. meetings held at ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 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 100,000 POUNDS each in accordance with the UNITED
NATIONS recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking
Systems in U.K, the payments are to be paid by BANK OF ENGLAND IN U.K as
corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by The Bank of England,
based
in London UK. for funds remittance.
Benefactor of this compensation will have to be first cleared and
recommended for payment by BANK OF ENGLAND.
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
a pending of 36 compensations left to be paid. 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.AND
AFRICAN
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 To enable your compensation to be processed, you are
required to make
available the below requirements which enables the prompt payment of your
COMPENSATION

1. Full Names:
2. Date Of Birth:
3. Telephone Number:
4. Total Amount Defrauded (For record keep):
5.Any Mode of identification (Drivers License or work ID)
6. Payment Option (WIRE TRANSFER OR CHECK/DRAFT):
NOTE: You are to take note of option 1&6 respectively.

On the provision of the requirements, your COMPENSATION will be processed
on your payment option and remitted to you as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
U.N director
NAME:MR AGONA MATINS
EMAIL:remittanceagent111@yahoo.co.jp

NOTE: The UN/UK Government will decline any other complains of scam
should you fall victim again after this compensations is paid and
transferred to you. So be warned!!!


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