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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: "Debbie Roland" <info@un-habitat.org>
Reply-To: ups_ng02@consultant.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 02:15:32 +0900
Subject: Contact>> ups_ng02@consultant.com

This is to inform you finally about your outstanding Compensation check
payment of $1,859,000 USD. This compensation is being made to all banks
and Internet

users. For more info, contact the assigned UPS agent for the delivery of
your cashier check.

Please Send your Name, Address, City, State, Zip Code, Country and
telephone number to ups_ng02@consultant.com for your cashier check
delivery.

Please note that you are to pay $95 USD fee to the UPS for
shipping/handling of your check parcel.

Thanks for your attention.

Phone Contact> +23481-0477-0514

Scott Charmaine

Program Manager
United Nations Human Settlement Programme







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