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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@unitednationorganization.net>
Reply-To: david.nicolay50@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:31:50 -0400
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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