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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 COMMITTEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morgansenter@lawyer.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 06:04:45 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT APPROVAL

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE, LONDON
Registered office 3 Whitehall Court,
London, SW1A 2EL
United Kingdom
Head of Commitee (Compensation Payment Panel)
 
Dear Beneficiary,
DID YOU AUTHORIZE CHANGE OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO YOUR PAYMENT FILE WITH CBN?
Please  confirm this information. Did you ask Mr Wesley Bradley to receive your outstanding fund with the Federal Government of Nigeria? This man was introduced to us as your next of kin by the Diplomat who was supposed to deliver your fund before now and we accepted it in good faith following your non response to our previous notifications. We instructed the Government of Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay all outstanding fund via the Western Union method of payment to avoid further hindrances as a result of several unfriendly complaints we received regards unpaid funds. Note that your fund has is now approved and registered with the Western Union Money Transfer payment office, West Africa Zonal HeadQuarters with a payment seal to transfer 100% of your outstanding fund to Mr. Wesley Bradley as your next of kin in the next 7 working days. The Western Union Transfer officer had stated that Mr. Wesley Bradley could only receive 5,000 EUROS twice on daily basis until th! e total deposited fund is remitted
 
AMOUNT: 5,000 EUROS
SENDERS NAME: Bjorn Danielsson
MTCN:3798897350
 
NOTE BY: Keep the above payment information confidential for security reasons. With the stated payment information, You may go ahead and track the status of the fund with the Western Union Money Transfer Website for clarity purpose:  (https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=global) or call Western Union tracking number 3798897350 for availability of fund and transparency.
 
You are directed to contact our Verification Officer; Barrister Morgan Senter if you know that you never instructed Mr. Wesley Bradley to receive your outstanding fund as your next of kin. Barrister Morgan Senter is the only assigned officer with the power of attorney to redeem your paper work through an oath declaration in your favor from the Nigeria Federal High Court of Justice in order to correct the alteration made in your payment file and hence enable your funds to be re-directed to you via the Western Union without further delay. The only payment you will be required to make for this task is the Oath declaration cost US$320 payable through the Verification Officer. His information is stated below;
 
NAME..........Morgan Senter
E-MAIL........morgansenter@lawyer.com
 
 
 
Be guided accordingly!
regards,
Edmond Lorenzo

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