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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: "FROM UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrgerhard.holzenun101@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:30:12 -0800
Subject: RE: UN COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR ALL SCAMMED VICTIMS

UNITED NATIONS AND WORLD BANK COMPENSATION PROGRAM




REF. NO.: UN/WB-IMF/10-LN25CH.

RE: UN COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR ALL SCAMMED VICTIMS

Attention:Beneficiary,

It has come to the notice of the United Nations, world bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) the gamblings which African Banks has been playing with foreign citizens,in the process to claim their contract/inheritance payments from their various countries,and also subjected most beneficiaries to pay unneccessary fees/charges,which is their only dubious ways of attempting to divert this payments.

With total confidence,i must guarantee you here that the UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD BANK has looked critically into such banks across africa,and conducted a standard auditions on all foreign payments.

Following the International summit held in Geneva Switzerland,the UN Headquarters ,on 28th day of December 2009,a United Nation Anti-crime commission was set up to conducted a standard auditing and verifications across all banks from Africa,to check-mate the misconduct of those banks who has placed financial wounds on most foreigners and firms by defrauding their money on the course of trying to receive their payment.

After our verifications,the United nations and the world bank has agreed to short list some beneficiaries ,with total proof and identifications of having any claim from africa , to receive a compensation price of $750,000.00.(SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).

The draws for this compensation price of $750,000.00 was held at our headquarters in switzerland,which goes like this.(1) 15 -LUCKY BENEFICIARIES FROM AMERCIA (2) 10-LUCKY BENEFICIARIES FROM ASIA.(3) 7 -LUCKY BENEFICIARIES FROM EUROPE.

We wish to inform you that you are among the beneficiaries to receive this compensation transfer of $750,000.00.

The Audit reports shows that you have been going through hard times by paying money to dubious officials from Africa, for the release of your funds.We advice you to stop any sort communication with any of those acclaimed paying banks from Africa,to avoid getting into more fraud,as they are not ready to transfer any fund to you.

NOTE: AFTER CONDUCTING A STANDARD VERIFICATIONS ON THE BANK TO HANDLE THE PAY OUT/ TRANSFER OF THIS COMPENSATION PRICE TO SHORT-LISTED BENEFICIARIES, "HALIFAX BANK OF SCOTLAND " WAS ACCREDITED AS THE MOST RELIABLE AND TRUTHED BANK TO HANDLE THIS PROGRAM EFFECTIVELY.

You are hereby advised to RESPOND to this email today,so as to furnish you with the contact details of the UN/WORLD BANK PAYMENT CO-ORDINATOR IN HALIFAX BANK OF SCOTLAND UK,for the transfer of your compensation funds.


Note ,All correspondences to our Payment Co-ordinator from any beneficiary must have the transfer Ref.No. UN/WB-IMF/10-LN25CH. quoted to the officer,as a proof of identification as the rightful benefactor of this price. Also short-listed beneficiaries should send along to the payment co-ordinator (1) Their full name and current Contact Address (2) Telephone number(s) for prompt attention.

Yours faithfully,

Gerhard Becker-von Holzen
(Un Representative)
UN Building, Villa La Pelouse, Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10,Switzerland.

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