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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <acctdeptoff2012@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:00:20 -0500
Subject: (((PAYMENT NOTIFICATION)))

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION CLARIFICATION UNITS Our Ref: UN/CCU/0114/01623012 Allocation Code: 08UNIPCA05102014 Project Agent: Roberto Henz Location: London - United Kingdom In Respect of : Beneficiary The Beneficiary UNAP Compensation Award Recipient This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you that we have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was issued to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that you have been scammed on the cause of trying to having this fund release to you and at such we have Approved US$1,300,000.00 on your behalf as Compensation payment for all the money you have lost on the cause of trying to have your fund release to you but ended up to be a victim scam. In view of the above and with reference of the just concluded meeting this morning; it was agreed and resovled that your fund will be release to you via telephone banking susytem whereby you will transfer your fund to any of your local bank account of your choice by yourself via your telephone. However, we have mandated CREDIT SUISSE BANK to carry out all modalities to ensure that this New Approval Payment of US$1,300,000.00 is release to you within the next Seven(7) working days as stimulated depending on your compliance and your steady responses with CREDIT SUISSE BANK. Moreover, you are advice to get back to me as soon as possible you receive this email for further instructions and directions on how to contact CREDIT SUISSE BANK for immediate release of your fund to you. Kindly confirm the acceptance of this correspondence by replying to this message. Thank you. Roberto Henz Senior Program/Payment Compensation Officer

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