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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<webmaster@limaradio.net>
Reply-To: unitednations_organization10@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:02:55 +0200
Subject: COMPENSATION

Dear: Lucky Winner,

This is to announce to you the draw of the United Nations Programs
held on the 15Th of October, 2014 in South Africa. Your E-mail was
among the 5 lucky e-mail addresses that won $950,000.00 USD and
payment will be remitted to you via western union money transfer.

NOTE: USD $5,000 has already be sent to you few days ago and an
e-mail was sent to notify you of the remittance but we did not hear
from you since then. Therefore, we decided to notify you again with
same information details of the western union money transfer. Kindly
verify the status of your transfer before visiting the western union
money transfer outlet with the below link.

https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderstatus.asp?country=global

Mtcn : 379-020-8020
Sender First Name: Sherlana
Sender Last Name: Sam
Country: South Africa
City: Cape Town
Amount Sent: $5,000 Usd

As soon as you receive the money, simply contact Mrs. Linda Hall for
next transfer of $5,000 USD.

Thanks
Mrs. Linda Hall

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