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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: "Ben Kojo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unoffice_benkojo@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 14:45:53 -0700
Subject: Compensation from United Nations

Dear  Beneficiary ,
  
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $3,500,000.00 (THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $3,500,000.00 compensations funds.
  
On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 150 victims of this operators $3,500,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.
  
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. security service is already on trace of the other criminals.
  
You are thereby advised to contact the payment officer in Nigeria through the following information.
  
Name............. Mr.BEN KOJO
E-mail: unoffice_benkojo@yahoo.es
  
You will receive your compensations payments through CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT OR ATM PAYMENTS SYSTEM.
  
You will be detailed with the modalities as you contact us for details.
  
Yours faithfully,
  
Mr.Ben Kojo
Payment Officer
United Nations,Nigeria Office
 

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