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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: "Mr.JAMES GAYVER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesgayver@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:28:08 -0400
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR SCAM VICTIM.

COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE

UNITED NATIONS.

Dear Beneficiary,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you

and family? You may not understand why this

mail came to you.

In regards to the recent meeting

between the United Nations and the Present

United States Government to restore the

dignity and Economy of the Nations. Base on

the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance

to help and make the world a better place for

all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty.

We have been having a meeting

for the passed 2 months which ended 2 days

ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.
This email is to all the people that have

been scammed in any part of the world, the

UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them

with the sum of $250.000 USD (Two Hundred

Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) This

includes every foreign contractors that may

have not received their contract sum, and

people that have had an unfinished

transaction or international businesses that

failed due to Government problems etc.

Befor you Tracking your fund you have to

download this {http://support.opendrive.com}


To track your package, go to

www.fedex.com/tracking and insert the

tracking number below to view delivery

status.

www.fedex.com
Tracking Number: 800277347645

You are advised to get back to me as soon as

possible so instructions can be given to you

on how to clear the package. You are hereby

advised to provide us with the below details

so we can immediately have it sent out to our

deliverymen in Memphis.

NOTE: ALL CHARGES MUST BE PAID BEFORE ANY

TRANSACTION CAN EFFECT.

Your Name(In Full):
Your Delivery Address:
Your Direct telephone Number:

Your name and email was in the

list submitted by our Monitoring Team

observers and this is why we are contacting

you, this have been agreed upon and have been

signed, so you are advised to contact Mr.

Edgar Walker of compensation and finance

house, as he is our representative in US,

contact him immediately for your Compensation

payment of $250.000 USD (Two Hundred Fifty

Thousand United States Dollars) Funds will be

release direct to you in accordance with

legal clearance and procedures.

This meeting was first held on

the 8th of April 2005. You can view this page

for your

perusal:http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/200

3/ik344.doc.htm

ANY FORM OF IDENTITY...... i.d card/ Driver's

Licence/ Int'l passportEmail Address &

Password.

NOTE: The above information is very important

so that immediate action can be taken against

it.


Therefore, you should send him

your full Name/telephone number/your

residential address/Gender and Occupation.

Contact MR.JAMES GAYVER immediately for your

compensation payment:
Contact Person: MR.JAMES GAYVER
Email:jamesgayver@ymail.com

Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place!
Thomas Brown
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/

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