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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barclays_bnks@live.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:41:18 +0200
Subject: Attn:Sole Beneficiary scam victims compensation fund claim

UNITED NATION IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK
TAG LINE:SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION UNIT
Our Ref: UN/TH/069011


ATTN : MY DEAREST ONE,



REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $1,200,000.00 USD.



This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United Nations To Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $1,200,000.00 USD (One Million and Two Hundred Thounsand United State Dollars ) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1,200,000.00 USD compensations funds.

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 3 months which ended yesterday with the secretary to the UNITED NATION. 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$1,200.000.00 (One Million and two hundred thosand United State Dollars Only) each and you have to indicate how much you have lost in the hand of scammers.

This includes every foreign contractors, Inheritance and Lottery payment that have not received their Lottery/Inheritance payment, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international Lottery payment 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, Click on this link to see for yourself http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm


On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Cotonou, Benin Republic,Nigerian,Johannesburg republic of south africa and united kingdom (uk) it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body is now paying 150 victims of this operators $1,200,000.00 USD each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.


Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Benin Republic, the payments are to be paid by Barclays Bank of london as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by The Rabo Bank, London for funds remittance. Benefactor will be cleared and recommended for payment by Barclays Bank of london an affiliated bank to Absa bank in republic of south africa.


According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 36 left to be paid the compensations of$1,200,000.00 USD each. 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. 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. You can receive your compensations payments via any of this options you Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS. I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.




Below is the Barclays Bank of London


Contact Person:Rev.Dr. Terry Nicolas,


Telephone Number: +447924065431


Fax Number:+447040117504


Barclays Bank PLC.


Website:www.bank.barclays.co.uk


E-mail: barclays_bnks@live.co.uk


Please you should endeavour to contact the appropriate contact person incharge of your payment through telephonically or email on the Barclays bank of London because any atom of procrastination on this issue is not ideal,so get the Barclays bank immediately for this scam victims compensation claim funds.

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your compensation funds.

United Nations, Making the world a better place.


Your Faithfully,


United Nations Commission

Secretary-General

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