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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: "UNECA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bbankinfo2010@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:52:33 +0100
Subject: NIGERIAN SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION SCHEME

UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE AND AFRICA
3 Whitehall Court London SW1A

NIGERIAN SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION SCHEME

Attn:Beneficiary



The United Nations Economic commission of Europe and Africa has decided to compensate you for your losses to Nigerian scammers that has defrauded you of your hard earned money via various mediums ,they have used names of different offices, Banks ,embassies and different organisations to defraud innocent persons all over the world, they are also based all over the world with the which makes it the largest crime network in the world,this also a medium to regain the image of Nigeria as a good nation with great potentials and not like what its has been portrayed over the years, you have been selected as one of the beneficiaries of this compensation scheme which has been endorsed by the United Nations and EU.

You are among the first batch of victims to be compensated with the sum of $100,000 hundred thousand dollars , your ability to respond swiftly to this mail will allow speedy attention from this scheme.

ALL PAYMENTS WILL BE VIA ATM OR BANK DRAFT, YOU ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A BANK DRAFT OR ATM PAYMENT, IF YOU CHOOSE ATM PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS TO ENABLE US MAIL THE ATM , IF YOU PREFER A BANK DRAFT KINDLY PROVIDE YOUR BANKING INFORMATION AS THE DRAFT WILL BE SENT DIRECTLY TO YOUR BANK FOR CLARIFICATION AND CREDITING OF YOUR ACCOUNT.

Clark Brightwood
Director West Africa

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