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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: "Dr. Satiah Shaary" <drsatiah@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 09:07:51 +0100 (BST)
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT IS YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT




I am Dr. Satiah Bt Shaary of Malaysia but currently engage on UN Assignment in Africa.

Having 

concluded my appointment with UN to reimburse $12B beign initially

offset to compensate some recorded victimized persons in Iraq and Iran

which i could refer you tothis site for more enlightening 

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

 

i

received another appointment lately last month to keep records of

damages in Ivory Coast and Libya, and after the conference meeting held

at Addis Ababa on Friday,UN And US government decided to offset another

2billion to compensate those of you who loses your valuable and money

during Laurent Gbagbo exhibition of office at Côte d'Ivoire.

 

Sir,

i have settled down in the regional UN office Burkina Faso and i have

your name among the submitted files to receive a categorized sum

of$2,300,000.00 on my desk. Kindly forward the bellow data to enable us

processes your file and submit to the paying bank for onward remittance





 Reconfirm: Your full Name, Direct Mobile Number, Age, and Marital statue, occupation and bank account data

We need these data for immediate remittance. Your payment can also be made through Western Union Money Transfer if desirable.

Reply urgent for all files is expected to be processed before this weekend.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Satiah Bt S.

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