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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: "Commette On Gouvernement Compensation" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:08:12 -0700
Subject: Government Compensation

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017, USA
YOUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.
Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Government Compensation on Scams Victims, Lotto, Unpaid/Unclaimed Contract/Donation.

We wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of £5,000,000.00 (Five Million British Pounds) only, has been accredited in your favour for compensation.
For processing and verifications, kindly forward the below information to the compensation payment centre in Malaysia, by email:

* Full Name:
* Delivery Address:
* Phone Number:
* Gender:
* Age:
* Occupation:
* Country:
* Identification:

You are hereby advise to urgently send your informations to the compensation payment centre in Malaysia.
United Nations Malaysia,
Wisma UN, Block C
Kompleks Pejabat Damansara
Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights
50490 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA.
Email: un.kualalumpur@diplomats.com

congratulations.

Ms Sullivan partrick
Finance Ministre.
The Chairman,
Commette On Gouvernement Compensation

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