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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 COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <un.office@bol.com.br>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:29:46 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATIONS 2010 COMPENSATION FOR SCAMMED VICTIMS

UNITED NATIONS HEAD QUATERS
United Nations Plaza,
27th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Fax:206-203-1687
Date :27th January 2010



SCAMMED VICTIM/ Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars COMPENSATION- REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06657


Attn:

The U.S President BARAK OBAMA in conjunction with the UNITED NATIONS in the United Nations 2010 Compensation program authorized the compensation of one hundred internet fraud victims the sum of Three million five hundred thousand United states dollars each, you have been listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims as confessed by one of the swindlers who was apprehended by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your Three million five hundred thousand United states dollars compensations funds.

Furthermore we would like to bring to your notice that during the last UN meeting held at Newyork,The issue of loss of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today had an alarming response confirming a high rate of Internet fraud activities. In other to retain the good image of each country represented at the UN Meeting, the president of some of the Countries who's citizens were involved in these internet activities (Which includes South Africa , Dubai and Nigeria) are now paying 100 victims of this operators Three million five hundred thousand United states dollars each. Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in the listed countries, the payments are to be made by UNITED NATIONS under funding assistance of the ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND RBS UK.According to the number of applicants at hand, 84 beneficiaries have been paid,of which a majority of the scammed victims originate from the United States and Asia, we still
have 16 more Internet fraud victi

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Nigeria as one of their victims of their operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason for whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the rest of the criminals associated with him.

We have confirmed from the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) Concerning this issue and they indicated to us that several Fraudulent attempts have been made to extort Money from you all in the name of giving you funds.

For more vital information,please visit: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal.

As soon as we receive your response we would make necessary arrangements to ensure that your funds are swiftly transferred to you without delays.

We are also working hand in hand with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to see to it that this imposter's re brought to book. Your response is highly required to enable us materialize the processing of transfer of your UNITED NATIONS/BARAK OBAMA COMPENSATION funds .

In your email response , indicate your contact phone number and a valid copy of your proof of Identification including a preferred means by which the ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND can conveniently transfer the Three million five hundred thousand United states dollars to you.


Signed.
Coordinator (UN)


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