419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

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Reply-To: fahimdema@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:03:26 +0400
Subject: UN COMPENSATION FUND UNIT

Good day to you:

My name is Mr. Sidwell Jaggers, I work with the United Nations Organization In the department of UN COMPENSATION FUND UNIT, I'm in charge of Investigating through unpaid project, Inheritance funds, Lottery and other means of payment that was denied the real beneficiary.

>From my record here, it shows that you have been denied payment and this was suppose to be either your Inheritance fund, Lottery, IMF, Bank transfer etc, I forwarded your report to the Federal Reserve Bank manager to know why your transfer wasn't made to you, he confirmed to me that the person who contacted you to make claims played a fast one on you, thereby having the funds to their selves alone and deceiving you with all sort of stories and fees.

With full hopes, I have demanded that a compensation should be made to you immediately without delay, the sum of $4.5million USD has been agreed to be issued to you through Automated teller machine (ATM) or Bank to Bank transfer and these funds is coming from the Federal Reserve Bank which has already been transferred to Standard Bank under the United Nations.

As soon as you respond to this e-mail with the below information's, I will send you a comprehensive payment form that you need to fill and return back to me for your funds to be release to you immediately.

1.Your Full Name
2.Residential address
3.Telephone Number
4.Occupation
5.Agenda/Age

You are to attend to this compensation with all amount of seriousness and dedication so as to receive your compensation for being cheated on in time past.

Please help us support this program by enlightening people around about this ongoing project with the UN.

Yours In Service,

HONORABLE MR. SIDWELL JAGGERS
HEAD; FINANCIAL AUDITS & INVESTIGATION DEPT.

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