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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: Morris Green <morgreen1978@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 12:04:35 +0100
Subject: PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY

USD ONLY

Dear Scammed Victim:

This is to bring to your notice that I am a delegate from the United
Nations to The IMF (International Monetary Fund) Africa and Asian Payment
Office to refund 521 scam victims of which you are listed and approved for
this payment as one of the scammed victims to be refunded from the money
realized from scammers in Africa and Asia.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last
U.N. meetings held at Addis Ababa, it was alarming so much world over in
the meeting on the lost of funds by various individual to scam artist
operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate these victims, the U.N Body is now paying 521victims
of which the sum of $24, 000,000.00 USD was set aside to compensate the
victims each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the
corrupt and in-efficient Banking Systems in Africa and Asia, the payments
are to be paid by UN officials sitting at IMF(International Monetary Fund)
Africa and Asia Office as corresponding payment center under funding
assistance by United Nation body.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 284 Beneficiaries has been
paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Europe, and we
still have more 237 spaces to be compensated. 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. Secret service
and INTERPOL is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret
till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been Contacted
can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible
consideration.

Send Your Full
Telephone number
Your correct address
Country
Sex
Occupation

To HSBC BANK Representative: Mr Kelvin Moor. I will be sending you the
Email in due cause.

Please you are advice to stop any communication with any person or Body
that you are currently paying money to due to transaction which you have
online with the person. Please let us know right now via email or telephone
your present dealing online, so we can help you verify the authenticity of
the transaction which you are presently involved in, so you don't get
scammed. Please also send me proof of payment in any previous payment you
have made to him. If you still have any,(optional)I shall feed you with
further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Morris Green

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