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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: "Michelle Thonnard" <lorena@duofusion.com>
Reply-To: carolhodsonpd@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:07:01 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Transfer of US$4,500,000.00 Compensation to your bank account.




Hello sir,


We wish to congratulate and inform you, that all transactions involving
Contract payment, inheritance, lottery funds, unclaimed funds, etc, has
been forwarded to our office for review and immediate payment of your long
delayed funds starting first, with a compensation amount of
US$4,500,000.00 to your bank account in your country.

Our investigations show that you have been going through hard times by
paying a lot of money to some dubious officials for the release of your
funds.
We therefore advice that you stop further communication with any
correspondence outside this office because you do not have to pay any
money or fee to receive your funds.

Your US$4,500,000.00 compensation funds will now be credited to your bank
account within three (3) working days and transfer copies forwarded to you
and your bankers for confirmation.

For the immediate payment of your US$4,500,000.00 compensation, kindly
contact today by email, our Payment Coordinator in the United Kingdom:

Mrs. Carol R. Hodson
4th Floor, #3 Whitehall Crt, London SW1A 2EL,United Kingdom.
Tel: +44-844-774-8880 Ext 10.
E-mail: carolhodsonpd@aol.co.uk


All correspondences to MRS.CAROL R. HODSON, by email should have this
Reference Number: 'UNC/45D/Z8UK ' sent along with your Contact Address and
Telephone number.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Thonnard
United Nations Compensation Commission Unit.
Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14,
1211 Geneva 10,Switzerland.


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