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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: "Mrs. Maria Oscar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <united.nation@globomail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:19:40 -0600
Subject: From Mrs. Maria Oscar

United Nations Compensation Commission Unit.
Palais des Nations; Av. de la Paix 8-14;
1211 Geneva 10: West Africa.

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am contacting you regarding the mandate given to us to vet and recommend the outstanding funds amounting $2.3Million left
in dormant account holder AC/724518690 ZX with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which you are among the beneficiary.
The reasons of this mandate is to make sure that the money mapped out by the United Nation and International Monetary Fund
are used to pay off the victims of frauds of any kind as to make sure the Nigeria governments has good record of the
Complains made against. It is cleared without delay, with the Senate ad-hoc committee and the FBI against corruptions in
Governments for the past 15 years which the previous regime neglected.

Contact the Atm card payment zonal office
1st Floor, Amar Building
P.M. Road, Fort
Abuja Nigeria

Contact Person: Mr. Read Qatar
Email Address: (read-qatar@superposta.com)
Tel: +234 8125000446

Contact them with your below information:
Name:..............
State..............
Address:...........
Age:...............
Gender:............
Phone..............
Copy of Your Identity... IF AVAILABLE

This is the deposit details

Deposit Number: RBI-101-PL45 Sort/
Clearance Code: RBI/101-45/P50
Deposit Certificate N0: 403377
Deposit Description: DEMAND ATM CARD

You are advised to furnish your current mailing address information where you will want them to send your atm card to
You contact address and direct telephone numbers to make sure your new data is been uploaded for urgent recommendation on
how you are to receive this atm card from (Foreign Exchange Commission). This mandate will last for few days because of the
short time approved to all fraud victims of any level in America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Thank you.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Maria Oscar.

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