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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 nation" <unitednation@unitednation.com>
Reply-To: revfatherjohn@earthlink.net
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:13:22 -0200
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION aAPPORVED IN YOUR FAVOUR


UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION
( PAYS OUT $864 MILLION )
From: Mrs Njozi Iweala
Executive Payment Officer (UN)

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

Attention: Beneficiary
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file
presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your
Compensation payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the
obligations giving to you in respect to your payment.
Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in
the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to
receive your payment immediately. After the board meeting held at our
headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as
you may know, we have arranged your for cmpersation payment through our
SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe, America and Asia Pacific, which is the
instruction given by our president, (GCFR) in West Africa Regions although
it was agreed that you will come to our office to collect it pay only
$145usd for the delivery of your ATM CARD master card to Rev.

This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw
your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is
($10,000.00) Ten Thousand Us Dollars per day. So, if you like to receive
your fund this way, please do let us know by forwarding the below details to
Rev David Thomas

Executive Director CARD PAYMENT CENTER.
Email: { revfatherjohn@earthlink.net}
Click on this link for more infromation:
(http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm)
(1) Your Full Name
(2) Address where you want the payment center to send your ATM CARD.
(3)Phone And Fax Number
(4) Your Total Fund to be received is US$2.500,000.00
Instead of losing your fund, please indicate to the Card Center the total
sum you are expecting and for your information you have stop any further
communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not hesitate to
contact me for more details and direction, and also please do update me with
any new development.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards,
From: Mrs Njozi Iweala
Executive Payment Officer (UN)
United Nation organization ..

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