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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: "Moris" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cohen.matt@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:17:36 +0200
Subject: PAY-OUT CENTER !


POSTAL ITALIAN PAY-OUT CENTER.

Dear Beneficiary,

UNITED NATIONS NOTIFICATION.

We wish to inform you that the United Nations (UN) has authorized us to remit to you a total amount of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.

Your Cash prize was paid out to us by the United Nations, and they have successfully succeeded in depositing your whole funds with us Here at Postal Italian in Rome Italy.

They have now ordered us to take full responsibility in the transfer process of your funds and thus commence the immediate remittance of funds to you.

Be duly informed that because of our Postal Italian transfer policy, your funds will be paid to you via our Postal Italian Daily Transfer limit of Five Thousand Six Hundred United States Dollars. This means that you will Continuously receive a daily amount of Five Thousand Six Hundred United States Dollars, and this amount Can be collected from any of our numerous Postal outlets in your current location.

To begin the claim process of your daily payment as stated above, you are require to provide us with the following;

Your Full Name:
Address:
Occupation:
Phone Number:

Upon the receipt of the above mentioned details, your first transaction will be activated and we shall then Proceed to provide you with the Money Transfer details for the First installment and we will continue to email you others after 12 hours of Receiving each payment.

For more information on your payment status;

Contact Person.

Rogers Moris.

OR call our 24 hours Helpline @ +39 3661959222 for any inquiries on the above message.

Yours truly,

Pamela Fabio.

© Postal Italiane 2014 - VAT Number 01114601006.

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