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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: "Mr.Ban Ki Moon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <financieragentt@zing.vn>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:38:48 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATION SECRETARY GENERAL

Dear Beneficiary,
 
The United Nations Organization(U.N) writes to informed you about the ongoing
compensation program for the year 2012 as a result of the recent world
Economic and Financial Crisis. We are much delighted to contact you to let
you know that the total sum of (US$1,950,000.00, One Million Nine Hundred and
Fifty Thousand US Dollars) has been issued as Barclays Bank Certified Bank Draft
in your favor cash-able at any bank in the whole world wide.
 
You are required to contact the manager in charge of the {UN} compensation
finance house for the collection of this International Certified Bank Draft. The
name of the manager is Mr. Harrison Newman. Contact him as soon as you receive this
email with the below contact.
 
{UN} COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE OFFICE
Contact the Manager: Mr. Harrison Newman
Contact Email: financieragentt@zing.vn
 
Try to contact him as soon as possible and reconfirm the listed below information
to avoid any mistakes while sending your bank draft across to you.
 
FULL NAME: ____________________
ADDRESS: _________________
OCCUPATION: _______________________
AGE:________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER (MOBILE): _________________
 
You are to contact the {UN} COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE
OFFICE via this email: -- financieragentt@zing.vn
 
At the moment, this organization requires you to bear it in mind that the
Barclays Bank Certified Bank Draft has a validity period of 30 banking days, so
you are to contact their office with immediate effect to facilitate the urgent
sending of the draft to you in your present country. Remember that every
instruction has been forwarded to Mr. Harrison Newman in the compensation
finance house on your behalf to send the bank draft as you may instruct
him because the modalities has been put in place to conclude this
arrangement in the earliest possible time.
 
We need you to accept this token with good faith as the United Nations
Organization needs you to establish the fund in any business that can give
you good profit in return. You may be ask to indicate this code: M581
when contacting the compensation finance house, it  will prove your identity.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Ban Ki Moon
The UN Secretary General.
 
 
 

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