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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: "Kimo Law Firm" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@kimosec.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:32:43 +0800
Subject: PAYMENT COMPENSATION NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Ma,


Congratulations from the management and staffs of the UNITED NATIONS and WORLD BANK. May I use this medium to notify you that the British Prime Minister have given instructions to the United nations , World Bank ,the Managements of Federal Reserve Bank and IMF to ensure they compensate all the scam victims with the total sum of (US$2,500,000.00) each . This approval was made after the payment reconciliation meeting held five days ago by the Malaysian Parliaments in charge of Financial Matters in conjunction with the British anti fraud department , World Bank Organization , United Nations Surveillance delegates and the IMF respectively.

We wish to inform you that you are listed among those scam victims and you will be receiving your payment through the China Citic Bank online banking services as we already assigned them to complete your compensation payment due to the agreement held between our prime minister and the World Bank financial reconciliation board. All scam victims have been mandated by the United nations & the World Bank to receive their compensation payment prior to the agreement with the British Prime Minister and you are to receive the compensation fee of US$2,500,000 through the China Citic Bank as assigned by the World Bank Organization .We cordially advise you to call this office immediately if you need further clarification and endeavor to submit the below information to enable us submit your application to the bank.

Full name :
Contact address :
Telephone / Fax :
Nationality :
Date of birth :
Occupation :
Marital status :
Next of kin :

The above information will enable us file your application without any delay.


Thanks for your cooperation .

Congratulations.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Rebecca Trevor
Director of evaluation
BFSA , United Kingdom
Tel : +44-7031804871
Tel : +44-7031804960

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