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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: "Dr. Emmanuel Patrick" <emma4pat@rediffmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:05:57 +0545 (NPT)
Subject: $3,500,000.00 Compensations Funds




Attention: Sir/Madam,


This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to Central Bank to pay 150,000 scam victims $3,500,000.00 (THREE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED 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 payments of
your $3,500,000.00 compensations funds.


On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last
U.N. meetings held at New York, USA, 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 United Nations U.N Body in conjunction with the
Nigerian Government is now paying 150,000 victims of this operators
$3,500,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. and World Bank W.B
recommendations.



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. security service is already on trace of the other criminals.
You are thereby advised to contact the payment officer in Africa, Nigeria
through the following information. Name is Dr. Emmanuel Patrick, You will
receive your compensations payments cash through ATM PAYMENTS SYSTEM (or)
DIPLOMATIC COURIER SHIPMENT CASH to your home. So when we cross examine
into our computer diskette analysis data bank we discovered that you have
not been paid, for this reason your name has been short listed among other
beneficiaries and contractors whose fund has been over due for payment to
them, who will benefit for deduction payment policy newly introduced as
compensations by the World Bank W.B and United
Nations U.N.


If you can adhere to OUR/my instructions and directives to YOU this fund
will be confirmed to you within the next five (5) working days surely. We
urge your maximum co-operation as we are obliged to serve you better and
to restore back lost hope to you, thanks.


You will be detailed with the modalities as you contact us for details.


Yours faithfully,


Dr. Emmanuel Patrick.


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