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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: "London Security" <info@unl.org>
Reply-To: comp.londonsecurity@discuz.org
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:47 +0100
Subject:

WEST LONDON SECURITY
General Enquires:
Address: 22–36 Paxton Place SE27 9SS
London
U.K.
E-mail: comp.londonsecurity@discuz.org
Mr. Clement Novette
Public Relation Officer.

Benefactor of Funds,

This is to bring to your notice that the above security firm has been
delegated by the UNITED NATIONS/WORLD HEARTH ORGANIZATION/ECOWAS E.T.C in
conjunction with the London Security to pay victims of scam 550,000.00 GBP
(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Only). Your name and
email address have been listed and approved for this payment as one of the
scammed victims to be paid this amount thats why we are contacting you
directly via email.

On this faithful recommendations, we want to alert you that during the last
U.N. meetings held at Gorgia (America), it was accessed/ accumulated of
reported cases of fraud that the money lost by various individuals to
Africans,European and American scam artists operating in syndicates all over
the world today is over $239 Million United States Dollars in year 2007/2008
to fraud in USA alone.
http://www.techspot.com/news/29644-US-Citizens-lost-239-million-from-Internet-fraud-in-2007.html


In other to compensate victims, UNITED NATIONS/WORLD HEARTH
ORGANIZATION/ECOWAS E.T.C in conjunction with the London Security is now
paying victims of such scam 550,000.00 GBP Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Great British Pounds each) in accordance with the above mentioned
ORGANIZATIONs recommendations.
The payments are to be remitted by LONDON SECURITIES COMPANY PLC as
corresponding paying security firm under funding assistance by United Kingdom
scam security unit.

Benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first cleared by LONDON
SECURITIES COMPANY and confirmed as a victim from Scam before payment can be
effected. We shall furnish you with further correspondence as soon as we get
response from you on how you can receive your compensation payment fund.You
have seven working days to get this done.

Send a copy of your response via email to us (LONDON SECURITIES COMPANY) or
call your remittance officer quoting your PAYMENT CODE NUMBER (SCM02332/UK).

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Clement Novette
Public Relation Officer
London Security.
London Security- People, Property & Protection

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