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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: "BAN KI MOON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info_un_familygrant_dept@insurer.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 12:19:50 -0300
Subject: FAMILY GRANT OFFER...

A STRONGER UN FOR A BETTER WORLD........


Attention: Beneficiary!

United Nations (UN) Globally approved (15 Million Dollars) To (100) lucky families As Parts of Our Social responsibilities for Poverty Alleviation Supporting Family Grants Allocation and this is actually historic events for lucky families all over the world to educate and restore back education for all. After the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the appointed Delegates visited Haiti and Asia, Middle East and the rest of the world.

If you received this e-mail, note that your Family Grants Award of ($150,000) (One Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollars)
will be granted without delays.
Fill the claim form below and submit your contact details to our Social Worker. For further information Contact: (Mr. JAMES BROWN) by email (info_un_familygrant_dept@insurer.com ) for your families grant payment.

Family Grants No: UN/GRANT/PAG/052010

\Full Na

Next of kin's Full Name

Address

Phone Number

Occupation

Country of Origin

Sex

Age

Valid ID Card

Yours Sincerely,
BAN-KI-MOON (Secretary General) (Family Grants Processing Agent.) Europe, Haiti, Africa,And The Rest of the World should be contacted for your grants.(info_un_familygrant_dept@insurer.com )


Note: For security reasons, you are advised to keep your family Grants information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming.

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