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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 Payment Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <united.nationspaymentdepartment@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:33:26 -0800
Subject: YOUR ATM PAYMENTS SYSTEM (or) DIPLOMATIC COURIER SHIPMENT CASH TO YOUR HOME

Attn: Sir/Madam,
 
 
 
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United Nations UN World Bank, after the United Nations UN building bomb attack by terrorist members the international committee held meeting with all the UN delegates both the UN secretary regarding this issue of terrorist and scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. On these faithful recommendations, Last September 2011 United Nations UN meeting held in New York City, USA regarding scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world, we want you to know that during these last U.N. meetings held at New York City, USA we were instructed to pay 150,000 scam victims with the sum of $3,500,000.00 (THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each. You are among the listed and approved people for this Compensation 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 $3,500,000.00 USD compensations fun! ds.
 
 
It was alarming so much by the world in the meetings on the lost of funds by various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates and terrorism all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the United Nations U.N Body in conjunction with the World Bank Government is now paying 150,000 victims of these operators the sum of $3,500,000.00 USD each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.
 
 
 
You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to them for any reason what so ever as the U.S. security service is already on trace of the other criminals. You are thereby advised to contact the payment officer in London UK, through the following information. Name............. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, on email: united.nationspaymentdepartment@yahoo.com for immediate payment to you.
 
 
You will receive your compensations payments cash through telegraph transfer (T.T), ATM PAYMENTS SYSTEM (or) DIPLOMATIC COURIER SHIPMENT CASH to your home. So when we cross examine into our computer diskette analysis data bank we discovered that you have not been paid any money yet after all efforts made by you, for this reason your name has been short listed among other contractors, next of kin and business payments whose funds has been over due for payment, who will benefit for deduction payment policy newly introduced as compensations by the United Nations UN on our last September 2011 meeting held in New York City USA.
 
If you can adhere to my instructions and directives this fund will be confirmed to you within the next fourteen (14) working days.
 
We urge your maximum co-operation as we are obliged to serve you better and to restore back lost hope to you, thanks. You will be detailed with the modalities as you contact us for details.
 
 
Yours faithfully,
 
 
Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki
Director  (UN) monitoring unit Dept.
compensation funds PAYMENT.
Email:united.nationspaymentdepartment@yahoo.com

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