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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: "UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATIONS AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitednation02@dgoh.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 10:41:12 -0800
Subject: Outstanding Compensation Payment of $500,000.00 USD

United Nations Foreign Processing Department
Directorate For The Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Funds Relief Department
ADDRESS; 703 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-NEW YORK NY 10017
OUR REF: WB/NF/UN/028/2013
UN PAYMENT CODE: 06842
Tell: + 1-720-265-2783


Attention UN Beneficiary,

My name is Mr. Michael Richmond newly inaugurated United Nations Compensation Commission Agent (UN), a delegate from the United Nations To Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $500,000.00 USD (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) each from unpaid debts associated with Lottery fund, inheritance fund, loans and grants etc ranging from $500,000.00 USD owed to various beneficiaries and companies across the globe (USA, Europe, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Australia) and you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $500,000.00 USD compensations funds.

After much attempts to reach you on phone, I deemed it necessary and urgent to contact you via your e-mail address and to remind you about your compensation payment.

Having received your Claim Application, i write to inform you that i am a delegate from the United Nations Compensation Commission and to notify you finally about your outstanding Compensation payment of $500,000.00 USD with identification number UNCC/2800/0012 and UN PAYMENT CODE: 06842.

During our last annual calculation of your banking and Internet activities, we realized that you are eligible to receive a compensation payment of $500,000.00 USD. This compensation is being made to all of you who have suffered losses/damages as a result of fraud, accident or illness.

To file for your UN Claim, please fill the required information as stated below and send it back to us immediately.

All matters relating to the immediate release of your compensation fund has been regularized, and final approval would be issue out as soon as we hear from you.

1) Full Names:
2) Residential Address:
3) Country:
4) Nationality:
5) Mobile Number:
6) Occupation:
7) Scan Copy of Your National Identity Card or your International Passport:

WE WISH TO ADVICE YOU TO STOP ANY FURTHER ILLEGAL COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROMISING YOU HUGE SOME OF MONEY OVER THE INTERNET, IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT.

You are to urgently respond to this mail with detailed information on how you plan to receive your funds.

Congratulations from all board members of the United Nations Online Program.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Silvana Reynolds
Programme Manager
United Nations Compensation Commission

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