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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: Ford <iinfo831@gmail.com>
Reply-To: iinfo111@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:04:06 +0000
Subject: Attention: Scam Victim



United Nations Compensation Committee
Nigeria


Attention: Scam Victim ,

Scammed Victim/ 2 million Compensation-Ref/Payments Code: 06654 we are
delegated from the United Nations to pay 1000 World 419 scam victims
2million each, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of
the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the
immediate payments of your million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the
last United Nations meetings held at New York NY with Barack Obama the
president of United States Of American

It was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the
loose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image
of the country, the president of the Country is now paying 1000
victims of this operators 2million each, Due to the corrupt and
inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND MALAYSIA under funding According to the number
of applicants at hand, 300 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the
victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have 700 left to
be paid the compensations of 2million each only.



Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was
arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations,
you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to
him for any reason for whatsoever, the US/FBI secret service is
already on trace of the criminal. For more vital information,

You will receive your compensations payments via WIRE TRANSFERS only;
I shall feed you with further information, once I hear from you.
Yours faithfully,

Mr. Eric Ford


De-factor Chief Compensation Officer
United Nations Compensation Committee
United Nations Anti-fraud Committee

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