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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: <006@mrvijanathRai3.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <edwardyang202@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 01:39:17 +0530
Subject: DREA BENEFICARY


UN offices in the UK and Ireland World Food Programme/ Compensation Committ=
ee United Nations Association of the UK 3 Whitehall Court London/SW1A 2EL B=
eneficiary Email id owner I'm so disappointed at the fact that you could gi=
ve this respectable office a schedule and then end up failing to meet up. U=
N/ WORLD Compensation of $2.5million USD was instructed RBS Bank to Issue o=
ut in ATM CARD for abbreviation of the rate of poverty. Well, some other vi=
ctim has paid the fee on your behalf alongside his own too so the two cards=
containing $2.5million USD were sent to him, he is a USA based in UK i had=
no choice but to plead with him to pay on your behalf and then receive it =
for you because if i leave it here, the UNRIC will order me to confiscate i=
t since you have already exceeded the deadline announced by the UNRIC. Luck=
ily for you, he accepted and paid it on your behalf so it was sent to him v=
ia DHL overnight express delivery together with his too. He confirmed that =
he got the cards today. I told him that you will contact him for your card =
and as soon as you pay him back the money he spent on your behalf he should=
send the ATM CARD to you, Send below details to him for delivery of your A=
TM CARD. Full Name: Address: Telephone No: Country: Identity Card if any ha=
s no copy: You may as well confirm from him that his own is working perfect=
ly. Hence, he will not hesitate to send it back to us if you do not lay cla=
im to it in due time. Once you claim your card and start withdrawal, do not=
hesitate to feed me back .His name is Mr. Edward Iyang based in Manchester=
, and his e-mail:( edwardyang202@hotmail.com)and Telephone +448-719-151-050=
call him or mail him to claim your card if you wish. Yours in Service, Mr.=
Hayley Richardson Media enquiry, United Nations Association of the UK

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