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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: "United Nations Compensation Unit" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev.james_un_official@secretarias.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:16:37 -0500
Subject: This is about Your Fund>>>Contact Rev.James Jackson Now

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK
From: Special Envoy to Secretary-General ROY SMITH

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in Central Bank to pay 50 victims from your country who has being Victims of Internet scam .The United Nations has decided to pay you $3,500,000.00 USD (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your $3,500,000 USD compensation funds. We have been having a meeting for the past Seven months which ended Three days ago with the formersecretary to the UNITED NATIONS in the person of Mr.Kofi Annan.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed or extorted money from because of your contract payment execution in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$3.5.MILLON 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 or irregularities etc.

We found your email in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed by the United Nations Board of Directors and Trustees.You have to contact Rev.James Jackson, our payment agent in United States, as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in NewYork, contact him immediately for your cheque US$3.5.MILLON This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose. He will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Send a copy of your response to official email:
SECURITY & FINACIAL CONTACT AGENT: Rev.James Jackson
EMAIL:rev.james_un_official@secretarias.com
Office Telephone Number: (+1) 315-307-2811

You are advised to send your communication particulars,

Full names:
Age:
Telephone Number:
Fax number:
Occupation:
Home Address:
Your file Reference below (RE-1077_V)

Contact Rev.James Jackson immediately for your Cashier Cheque.

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft. Making the world a better place for the sake of humanity. Give him your File Reference (RE-1077-V) and you are free to contact him via telephone number which he will provide to you upon
the receipt of your email.

Best Regards,

Yours Faithfully,

General Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary United Nations
West Africa
General Roy Smith.
(Financial Officer)United Nations.

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