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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: "Frank Edwards" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frank2becksedwards@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:08:52 +1000
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION

Press Release
IK/344



UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $864 MILLION


(Reissued as received.)


Message from West Africa United National,


This message is in reference to your mail, I am writing this mail to kindly reconfirm to you that your name was on the list among beneficiaries that was nominated to receive the UN compensation valued at the total sum of USD$1,500,000.00.


The United Nation Compensation Commission aims of this donation is to promote standard of living, this program was organized to make a noticeable change in the standard of living for universal development, after thorough investigation on the person that allegedly claimed to have received a full authorization from you to act on behalf of you as the legal beneficiary to the said amount, our fraud department has gathered prove that this person is not in any way related to you, our internal surveillance also detected that this person intercepted the previous notification that was sent to you, this attributed to the reason why the previous notification was not delivered to your mailbox, due to this fraudulent attempt by the imposter, we have been advised to permute all beneficiary details to avoid making out payment to the imposters/hoax person, to further finalized the full procedures of your payment release, you are hereby advised to kindly verify the below requirements for con
firmation purpose.


(1). Your full names:
(2). Contact address:
(3. Valid Phone number:
(4). Age:
(5). Occupation:
(6) A copy of ID


The United Nation Compensation Committee has been made aware of various email correspondence being circulated from spoof person via regular mail facsimile, thus, we believed that you might have every due reasons to doubt the legitimacy of this notice, we do encourage the public to be prudent in responding to any notice resulting to winnings and other form of funds grants, we are poised to speculate fraud on articles online and media just to intimate the public on how the fraudsters operate, however, we wish to implore you not to refer this notice as one of those unsolicited mail from internet fraudsters, you are therefore advised to kindly act according to my guidelines and instruction to enable my office complete the final processing of your payment release.


Important Notice: Please be aware that the man whom claimed to have received the full right from you to act as your beneficiary has been incarcerated for further disciplinary measures, be further aware that you would be required to make the payment of $195.00 for the procurement of the legal document that would be handed over to our paying Bank to legitimized the release of your fund you are advised to kindly provide the above required details and get back to me for an instruction on how to make the payment of the legal document to fully legitimized all claims.


You are to get back to me upon receipt of this mail without any delay to hasten up the release of your fund to you.





I await your urgent response to this office immediately.

Mr Frank Edwards
Un Agent (WEST AFRICA UNITED NATIONS).
Tel: +229 99 65 11 57
Fax: (234)(1) 2823280
http://www.un.org/


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You must keep strict confidentiality of your fund to yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid fraud act that may arise from double claims. West United Nation Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds arising from the above mentioned.
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