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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: "Dr.Mrs.Sabina Waldhuber" <wwbqw553@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr.Mrs.Sabina Waldhuber" <dr.mrssabinawaldhuber@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:13:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?VU5JVEVEIE5BVElPTlMgQ09NUEVOU0FUSU9OIElOIENPTkpVTkNUSU9OIFdJ?=
=?utf-8?B?VEggRkVERVJBTCBHT1ZFUk5NRU5UIE9GIENPVEUgROKAmUlWT0lSRQ==?=


UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF COTE D’IVOIRE
IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.
 
ATTN: Beneficiary,
 
Hope all is well with you and Your family?, you may not understand why this mail came to you,It is in regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations and the Present United States Government to restore the dignity and Economy of the Nations, Base on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago.


The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current  president of Cote D’Ivoire his Excellency President Alassane Ouattara to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to Foreigners and Compensate  all that have lost their hard earned money from African Fraudsters.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of USD$850,000 each (Eight hundred and fifty thousand United State Dollars), this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems, Contracts Sum, Lottery/Gambling etc.Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Teams and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
 
You are advised to get back to me immediately, as I am the representative in Cote D’Ivoire, so contact me immediately for your Cheque worth the total sum of USD$850,000 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand United State Dollars). This funds are in DRAFT Form for security purpose ok? So I will send it to you via UPS Courier Company and you can clear the CHEQUE in any bank of your choice in your country.
Contact me immediately for your Cheque delivery with the following information’s.
 
1. Full name:
 
2. Phone and Fax number:
 
3. Address:
 
4. Your age and current occupation:

 
NOTICE: This E-mail is covered by the
Electronic Communication Privacy Acts, 18 U.S.C Sec 2510-2521, is
Confidential and may be legally privileged. The information is solely
For the use of the addresses named above. If you are not the intended
Recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or other use of the
Contents of this information are strictly prohibited.

Thanks,
Best regards,
Dr.Mrs Sabina Waldhuber.

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