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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: BAN KI-MOON <info@unitednation.org>
Reply-To: david.nicolay50@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:40:56 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATIONS 2009/2010 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS



UNITED NATIONS 2009/2010 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
SCAMMED VICTIM/$500,000 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $500,000 USD.


Attention: Sir/ Ma

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations To
HSBC Bank of London to pay 400 Nigerian 419 scam victims $500,000 USD (Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for this
payment as
one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to as soon as
possible for the immediate payments of your 500,000 USD compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, want you to know that during the last U.N.
meetings held at Washington, USA, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the
world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams
artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to retain
the good image of the country, the President of the Country is now paying 284
victims of this operators $500,000 USD each in accordance with the
U.N.recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in
Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by HSBC Bank of London as corresponding
paying bank under funding assistance by The Rabo Bank, London for
funds remittance.
Victims include every foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract sum, people that have had an unfinished transaction or international
businesses that failed due to change in Government policies,people involved in
check, bank draft, credit card and similar scams and had lost their
hard earned
funds in the past. We found your name in our list and this is reason we are
contacting you.Our investigation showed that you truly lost money to
scammers in
the past and your name had been approved as one of the beneficiaries.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 222 Beneficiaries has
been paid,
half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 188 left to
be paid the compensations of $500,000 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 criminal. 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.

Please note, if you had changed your legal name, send to him your new
name with
official proof. Also reconfirm to him your Mailing address to receive
the draft.

Kindly Reverify Your informations again

1. Full Name................................................
2. Residential Address...................................
3. Age.......................................................
4. Occupation.............................................
5. Direct Telephone Numbers.........................
6. A Copy Of Your Identification.....................



The contact details of David Nicolay are given below:

Email : david.nicolay50@yahoo.com.hk
Tel:+18286158112
Fax:+18142869789



You can receive your compensations payments via any of this options you
Choose,DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS, ATM CASH CARD. I shall feed you with further
modalities
as soon as I hear from you.kindly Check the website below to see the
information.

Yours faithfully,
Maria Howe


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