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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: "compensation@un.org" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cberaa@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:59:04 -0400
Subject: Attention Beneficiary ( Our Ref: UN/TH/066147/2012)

COMPESANTION BOARD EXECUTION & REVENUE AUTHORITY AGENCY (CBERAA),
UNITED NATIONS,
IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.
351 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022

Our Ref: UN/TH/066147/2012

Attention Beneficiary,

Sequel to the meeting held with the secretary General to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS has agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$2,500,000.00 each and you have to indicate how much you lost in the hands of scam.

Scam story includes contracts, Inheritance, Dating and Lottery payment that have not received their payment. And people that have had an unfinished transaction or international Lottery payment that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. Gilbert Richard who is in charge of your payment through our paying center as he is our representative. Contact him immediately for more information on how to get your compensation of US$2,500.000.00 payment from the United Nations.

Therefore, You are requested to send us your detailed information to enable the processing and release of your payment:

Full name:
Date of Birth:
Address:
Sex:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Telephone:
Email Address:

Contact Mr. Gilbert Richard immediately for your compensation payments:

Person to Contact: Mr. Gilbert Richard
Email: uncberaa@yahoo.co.uk

United Nations - Making the world a better place.

Regards,
Jones Hall

For:

Ban Ki-Moon,
UN Secretary General.

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