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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 NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jjosephscott200@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:28:38 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT!!!

Hello Beneficiary,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?, You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 4 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS Ban Ki-moon. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $800,000 USD EACH. This includes every foreign contractors, inheritance, lottery that may have no received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems or scammers etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.You are advised to contact Mr Joseph Scott of our paying center in London, United Kingdom, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque / International Bank Draft of $800,000 USD, this funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PERSONAL CELL PHONE AND FAX:
4) OCCUPATION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
5) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION:

Note: Your Personal Contact/Communication Code With BOA Is (011), You Are Advised To Send Your Full Information To Mr Joseph Scott, International Remittance Director Headed By Joseph Scott And Make Sure You Speak With Him, With Your New Payment Code For The Release Of Your Payment And Send To Her All Your Information Now.


Contact Barrister Joseph Scott immediately for your Cheque:

Person to Contact: Barrister Joseph Scott.
Un Agent Officer (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM).
Tel: +44-7024080484
Email: jsphscttjoseph@aol.com

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft.

Making the world a better place.

Regards,Secretary- http://www.un.org/sg/

With Regards,
General Jon Wells

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