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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: barrister scott <barristerscott40@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 07:27:11 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT COMPENSATION

OFFICE OF THE ,
British Government/ United Nation.
DEBTS CENTRE,
3/5 Whitehall Court, LONDON, SW1A 2EL.
OFFICE OF THE BG/UN.FINANCIAL AUDITORS,
British Government /United Nation.
COMPENSATION CENTER,
3/5 Whitehall Court, LONDON, SW1A 2EL.


UNITED NATION COMPENSATION OFFICE / UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008/2009/2010
SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENT.
FROM THE DESK OF; MR GORDON SMITH



ATTN: SCAMMED VICTIMS,


REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ADB/XXADB[ $1,964.000.00 USD.]

Re: United Nation Compensation for Fraud Victims.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED
NATIONS in LONDON, U.K and we have associated with the AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK LONDON, to pay 150 victims of scam $1,964.000.00 USD
(One Million Nine Hundred and Sixty four Thousand Dollar. Only each).
You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed
victims to be paid this amount, get back to this office as soon as
possible for the immediate payments of your $1,964.000.00 USD
compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the
last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarming on the
money lost by various individuals to the scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate victims, the UNITED NATIONS Body is now paying
150 victims weekly the sum of $1,964.000.00 USD each in accordance
with the UNITED NATIONS recommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria ,the
payments are to be paid by AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LONDON, as
corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the governments
of USA , CANADA and BRITAIN.

Any benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first
cleared and recommended for payment by UNITED NATION.. According to
the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid
today by the bank, over a half of the victims are from the United
States, we still have an outstanding of 36
scam victims left to be paid for the day.

Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application
as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response
from you on how you intend receiving your compensation payment.

Send a copy of your response and payment code to our remittance officer:

NAME: Dr.JACK MOORE,
SCAMMED VICTIMS /REF/PAYMENTS CODE:
ADB/XXADB $1,964.000.00 USD.
EMAIL: afdblondon63@rocketmail.com


I will advise that you contact Dr.JACK MOORE, through Phone, Only
through Phone will you get his urgent attention to attend to you
Immediately because he is always a busy man.

Contact him Immediately.

Thanks for your co-operation
Yours Faithfully
MR GORDON SMITH

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