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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: "ZENITH BANK/UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infozenithbank08@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 07:20:49 +0100
Subject: ZENITH BANK/UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENT

SCAMMED VICTIM/$900,000.00 PAYMENTS
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $900,000 USD.
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

ZENITH BANK/UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Central Bank to pay 48 scam victims $900,000 USD (Nine Hundread 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 us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $900,000 USD compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja the Capital of this Country Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In othe r to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 48 victims of this operators $900,000 USD each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations' Officials and the Central Bank Nigeria as the corresponding paying bank is ZENITH BANK PLC.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 21 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 27 left to be paid the compensations of $900,000 USD each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who claimed to be the ATM Director CBN 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 other criminals.
So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for security and possible consideration.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) (Motto: No Body is Above the Law) have combined effort with the United Nation Anti-crime commission to alleviate and redeem the image and past wounds of foreigners and firms who were defrauded, scammed and abandoned by this syndicates to slight down our dignities to international communities.
Many banks have been in bankruptcy today, Universal firms, Companies and individuals due to the activity of these hoodlums. However, investigation have shown that these people have dropped over 500,000 victims after collecting their money falsefuly, many committed suicide and others living by the grace of God.

With the sanity presently at hand, we have over 500 convicts at hand, 300 in kirikri prisons while many are still awaiting trail while We still fetch for others who feel they are wise and hope that you will be our friend by giving us more information as per clue in apprehending them.
You can receive your compensations payments via any of this options you Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS.

I shall reply you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

SCAMMED VICTIM REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $900,000 USD.
Email: infozenithbank08@gmail.com
Phone:+2348160965440

Waiting to hear from you as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,
MS GRACE JOHNSON

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