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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.Steve Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <petercampos0001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:52:02 -0400
Subject: CONTACT PETER CAMPOS

>From Mr. Peter Campos.
Contact Address: No. 25 Groveport Hill,
Tel: +2347086408821
Lagos-Nigeria



Kind Attn:

Kindly call me on the phone after reading this message below and after printing out one document attached therein. I received your message concerning Mr. Steve Morgan of the United States who has successfully received his funds through my assistance and i would like to inform you now that i have helped many people in different parts of the world to receive their funds without any stress. Therefore I would like to assure you that you are going to receive your funds successfully only if you can follow all my instructions and directions until the funds is finally being transferred into your nominated bank account over there in your.



This compensation award arrangement for part - payment of US$ 6 Million (six Million U.S. Dollars Only) was co-organized and perfected by both the United Nations Organizations (UNO) and International Monetary Funds (IMF) to improve the living standard of all those people who had spent lot of money in the past years without receiving their funds until this moment. So Mr. Steve Morgan of the United States contacted you after receiving his funds through my assistance because I showed him list of all pending beneficiaries and their contact email addresses as compiled by the UNO/IMF compensation payment committee which your name is among the list.



Furthermore and to avoid any mistake during the funds transfer to your bank account, I would like you to re-confirm and send to me once again: Your full names, Your full contact address, Your Private Telephone and Mobile Numbers (very important) Then Your age and occupation, Also send me your complete bank account information immediately including your bank swift code numbers, Etc. This is to enable me forward your payment details and approval to the paying bank for processing final release of your compensation funds totaling US$ 6 Million into your nominated bank account without any problems. Note the paying Bank will start communicating directly with you immediately after i received your personal information as stated above.



Again starting from now be informed that all your telephone calls and your email conversations with any person or with any bank concerning any funds transfer transaction is under monitoring by the United Nations Intelligent Network Monitoring Agency and therefore you should stop any communication or any contact with any person who is contacting you because your present compensation payment will be cancelled if they found out that you are still communicating with any person in regards to this issue. Also do NOT disclose this matter to any person in your country even to your closest friend or family member for security reasons and to prevent any person stand as an enemy to your progress. You must continue to keep this matter TOP SECRET until the funds finally gets into your nominated bank account without any obstacle.



Attached below is a copy of my British International Passport, You are advised to print out this document and contact me immediately with all the above requested information to enable me proceed further. Remember many people like you in many parts of the world have already received their compensation funds of US$ 6 Million through my assistance and therefore you must have to be very serious and punctual while contacting me through phone and by email if you truly want to receive your funds. I will be waiting for your email and for your phone calls immediately after reading this message and after printing out my photo ID copy attached below. Thank you for understanding and




Congratulations to you in advance!




Yours sincerely,



Mr. Peter Campos.
UNO/IMF Compensation Payment Award.
Lagos-Nigeria
Sub Regional Office.
Tel: +2347086408821

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