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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: "UN DEBT OFFICE. " <un.2015201@qq.com>
Reply-To: un20152015@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 03:05:47 -0700
Subject: Important Message.


SCAMMED VICTIM/US$15,000,000.00 BENEFICIARIES.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 1508044$15=
,000,000.00. Beneficiary WB/UNITED NATIONS 2010 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS =
PAYMENTS . This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the U=
nited Nations & World BAnk to pay 410 scam victims US$15,000,000.00 (Fiftee=
n MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) each. You are listed and approved for this=
payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to =
us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your US$15,000,000.00 =
compensations funds. On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know =
that during the last U.N. meetings held in Geneva Switzerland, it was alarm=
ed so much by the world in the meetings on the lost of funds by various ind=
ividuals to the scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world tod=
ay. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Wo=
rld Bank is now paying 410 victims of these operations US$15,000,000.00 eac=
h in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and ineff=
icient Banking Systems with so many banks, the Payments are to be supervise=
d by the 'United Nations' Officials and the WORLD BANK, as the correspondin=
g paying bank is in europe. According to the number of applicants at hand, =
114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United St=
ates, we still have more 296 left to be paid the compensations of US$15,000=
,000.00 each .Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who w=
as arrested as one of their victims of the operations, You are hereby warne=
d not to communicate or duplicate this message to him For any reason whatso=
ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals.=
So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have no=
t been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and poss=
ible consideration. If you have already been notified of this payment progr=
amme previously, do proceed with your claim as required. As directed by the=
United Nations Global Settlement Committee, You can receive your compensat=
ions payments via any of this payment Options you may Choose: (A.)CERTIFIED=
CHEQUE, (B.)ATM CARD PAYMENTS (C.) WIRE TRANSFERS. We shall feed you with =
further modalities as soon as we hear from you. Yours faithfully, Barrister=
Adams Thompson=20

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