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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: "baukone" <baukone@bmk.hu>
Reply-To: trade_bank2@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 09:22:55 +0100
Subject: UN COMPENSATION

The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO, INTERPOL)
Website: http://www.interpol.int

In-line with the notification we received previously on our data base server
that you have sent money to fraudsters in African which was claim. We have
carried out series of verification and authentication at Western Union and
Money Gram Headquarters to know if truly you have sent money to African and
it was confirmed to us by Western Union and Money Gram that you have sent
money to African on several occasions.

In regard to the above verification and confirmation, H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa the
active ( U.N ) president has ordered us to pay you
$500,000.00 USD as compensation.The Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars
($500,000.00 USD) is a compensation for damages and losses you have suffered
in the hands of fraudsters. Therefore,you are required to reconfirm your
details. The needed informations is asked below:

FULL NAME:...............
AGE..........
SEX........
CITY...............
COUNTRY................
DIRECT PHONE.............
OCCUPATION........

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