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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: "The UNITED NATIONS" <justiceforall@postribe.com>
Reply-To: <highcommissioner_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:35:02 -0700
Subject: Re: FINAL PAYMENT RELEASE ALERT

The UNITED NATIONS
1775 K St, Washington, DC,
United States.?

Re: Payment of US$10.5million.

Hello beneficiary,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for compensation and reward by the United Nations in collaboration with the IMF(International Monetary Fund) in our ongoing global economic liberation and empowerment program for the year 2014 in accordance with our vision 2020 economic objective goal.

You are among the first 200 beneficiaries who are to receive the sum of US$10.5million (Ten Million, Five hundred thousand US dollars) each. Arrangement have been made with the British High Commission Nigeria to supervise the payment processes to you.

You are therefore by this email notice to furnish your detail to Dr. Andrew Pocock (British High Commissioner) as listed below to: highcommissioner_uk@yahoo.co.uk

Your Name in Full:
Home/Office Address:
Telephone:
Date of Birth:
Occupation:
ID card or Passport copy:

As soon as you fill the above completely, send it to the British High Commissioner, Nigeria through to his email below.

Contact Person: Dr Andrew Pocock
Position: High Commissioner, British High Commission
Email: highcommissioner_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +234 7017348749

He will respond to you accordingly.

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon,
UN Secretary General,
Washington DC, USA.


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