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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: "SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS" <mrrmorris1@live.com>
Reply-To: <mrrmorris01@live.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:39:11 -0000
Subject: CODE:06654 $3,000,000.00

ATTENTION:SIR,

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations To Minister of Finance. to pay 150 scam victims $3,000,000.00 (THREE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) 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 payment of your $3,000,000.00 compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meeting on the loss of funds by various individuals tothe Nigerian scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 150 victims of this operators $3,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations' Officials and the Minister of Finance. of Nigeria as the corresponding paying bank is STANDARD TRUST BANK.

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 $3,000,000.00 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 compensation payments via any of this options you Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS. OR MY ATM CARD I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

We await your urgent response.



You are advised to Please Contact me Mr Morris Hutchison Robert VIA EMAIL(mrrmorris01@live.com) With the following for
claim processing

1. Name in full:.
2. Address:......
3. Nationality:..
4. Age/Sex :.....
5. Occupataion:...
6. Phone/Fax:....
7. Country:......
8: with Scan copy Identity Card/Passport:....


Yours faithfully,
Mr Morris Hutchison Robert
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS
CODE:06654 $3,000,000.00

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