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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: Adam Chris <accounts@mjudge.co.za>
Reply-To: adamchris@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:00:52 +0200
Subject: COMPENSATION FROM UNITED NATION



COMPENSATION FROM UNITED NATIONS

I attached herewith copy of events with regards to the above subject for your
reference.



1.Email from Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM
Treasury, 1, Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ, United Kingdom.



HM TREASURY, UK

To:

You are the next on the list to receive a compensation amount of $500,000.00
(Five hundred thousand United State Dollar). You are receiving this compensation
because your email, was submitted to us by the anti-fraud unit of the Interpol
as a previously scammed victim and the lucky beneficiary. This compensation was
provided by the United Nations as restitution, and our bank as been authorize to
remit your fund.

Please kindly reply fill the bank form so that we can contact you regarding the
transfer of 500,000.00 USD directly to your bank account



This is to notify you that we have received instructions from our valuable
customer, HM Treasury, to transfer the amount of $500,000.00 (Five hundred
thousand United State Dollar) to your bank account via wire transfer.

Unfortunately, due to problems arising from restrictions imposed by the
government of your country on transfers of large amount, we cannot wire
$500,000.00 directly to your account. You should know by now that due to rise in
international terrorism, drug related offences and money laundering schemes;
large sums of money being transferred face severe international scrutiny by
various foreign and local authorities and monetary bodies hence making it
difficult to achieve large transfer directly. We cannot break the amount into
smaller parts because the fund deposited in your name is insured to its real
amount and is yet to be liquefied. Your funds are covered under hard insurance
policy and we cannot violate this policy.

In order to solve this problem, we have successfully set up a “non-resident bank
account” for you at our bank using your personal details which we received from
HM Treasury. With your new account at our bank, you can transfer your funds in
whatever proportion that is convenient for you at any time. Using our personal
online banking service, you can transfer your funds to any bank account in the
world in installments or in bits.Your new account will be created and
$500,000.00 will be debited from HM Treasury's account and credited to your new
account with us. Please respond so we can furnish you with the bank information
to contact for the payment.

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