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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 ORGANISATION(U.N.O)" <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: un.cashgrant09@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:12 +0800 (CST)
Subject: :::YEAR 2010 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS:::










Switzerland Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland.
site.http://www.unfoundation.org/

:::YEAR 2010 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS:::
Dear Winner,

We at United Nations (UN) global office likes to officially
congratulate you for the draw that was just held by our organization
which featured you as the second place winner.
Our organisation holds promotions each year just to promote our
global publicity and reputations as we plan to exploit more corners
of the world.

This promotion is just one of various ways we are presently using to
achieve this global vision of ours.Your email address with Winning
ID............(UNO-154/4456/011) was luckly drawn to be this year's
second place winner a cash prize of $550,000 United States Dollars.
This money we believe will enable you make some impact in the society.
Ensure you contact Dr.parks Hyde who is our claims officer in
UK. (london) for more information and can understand only english
languages.Details of his below.

Name : Dr.Adams Xooler
Email :un.cashgrant09@gmail.com
contact:+447045716261

When contacting the claims Officer you should include the following
*** Your Full Name:.........................
*** Address:................................
*** Phone number:.........................
*** Age:...............
*** Gender:....................
*** Occupation:......................
*** Winning email and Winning ID:......................
*** Marital Status:.....................
*** Country:...................

We know you must be excited and very happy about this news you have
just received from us and the truth is that we are doing this to put
smiles into homes and hearts of people worldwide.
Special greetings from the entire Staffs of United Nations
Trust Funds Worldwide.

Signed,
Mr Ban Ki-moon
(UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL.)
________________________________________________________
*NOTE** You must be 18years or older to claim. Late response is not
accepted.Misconduct and non adherence to instructions leads to prize
tarmination



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