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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: "Mrs Grace Kelvin" <info@un.com>
Reply-To: claimsdept_un@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:59:06 -0000
Subject: EUROPEAN UNION/UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATIONS

ATTENTION SIR/MADAM,

EUROPEAN UNION/UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS. This is
to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations To
World Bank to pay 150 scam victims $300,000.00 (THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as
one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon
as possible for the immediate payment of your $300,000.00 compensations
funds. On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during
the last EU meetings held at Brussells, Belgium, it was alarmed so much by
the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to
the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In
other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the European
Union is now paying 150 victims of this operators $300,000.00 each in
accordance with the U.N.recommendations.According to the number of
applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid,half of the victims
are from the United States, we still have more 36 left to be paid the
compensations of $300,000.00 each which you are among the selected 36
left.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested
as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to
communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever
as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other
criminals.Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their
application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. You are
thereby advised to contact the private client office of the United Nations
through the following information.
Name: Mr John Dickson
You will be detailed with the modalities as you contact the private client
office of the United Nations.
Regards,
Mrs Grace Kelvin

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