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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: Mrs.Anna Fulkensen <officefile0121@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: un.com1@live.com
Date: 15 Mar 2011 15:44:33 -0400
Subject: Are you aware of this payments?


UNITED NATIONS SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATION, IN AFFILIATION WITH CENTRAL BANK.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 04454 ($750,000 USD).

Attn Friend,
How are you doing, am sorry if you receive this message in SPAM folder, kindle move it to in-box.

This is to bring to your notice that this office delegated from the United Nations to central Bank Of Nigeria to pay all African scam victims ($750,000 USD) each, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims, please contact Mr. Elder George as soon as possible with a scanned copy of your international passports or drivers license or any other valid form of your personal identifications for the immediate payment of your ($750,000 USD) compensation funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last United Nations meetings held recently at Abuja Nigeria, 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 all the victims of this operators ($750,000 USD) each.

And due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Africa, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification, This will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also agreed with the Presidency that we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the corrupt Officials of the government.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 2984 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Africa as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any body for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminals.

For more vital information, please send a copy of your response to Mr. Elder George on email :( un.com1@live.com ), the director United Nations compensations payments unit, African Regional Headquarter, Lagos Nigeria., and furnish him with your correct contact details, This unit will feed you with further modalities as soon as He hear from you.
Congratulations.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Anna Fulkensen.
Public Announcer of United Nations
For Human Rights.



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