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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: Muhammad Bin Aziz <gz_xuwm@gz.chalco.com.cn>
Reply-To: <payment.office@kimo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:44:30 +0100
Subject: Congratulations.

Dear Beneficiary,


This official mail is to clarify and confirm your E-mail address as one of the winners of 2015 United Nations compensation payment draws held in UN office in Malaysia on 12/11/2015 which your email address was among the lucky winners. United Nations Human Settlements Programme was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council.

It's mandate is to process claims and pay compensation to scam victims, unfinished transaction, losses and damages suffered by beneficiaries of any kind all around the world, With all information submitted to the UN Compensation Board. You are among the beneficiaries to receive compensation benefit of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollar Only).


However, adequate arrangement has been put in place to upload the approved payment compensation into a Platinum Card that can be accessible at any inter-switch cash machine anywhere in the world.


Finally; for the purpose of proper verification of your claims, it is imperative that you furnish us with the following of your details necessary to process release/remittance of your payment:


Full Name:
Contact Address( FOR ATM DELIVERY)
Occupation:
Marital Status:
D.O.B:
Telephone Number:
Photocopy of any I.D


You are expected to forward the above information to the Authorized Payment Center in West Africa below:


Paying Bank: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

Contact Person: EMMA CHI

Email: centralbank@kimo.com

Phone: +234-813-700-0857



You are advised to contact the above bank with your information to enable your fund processed and released to you within the stipulated time frame.


Yours Sincerely,
Angela Lim
Coordinator.

Signed by,
Muhammad Bin Aziz
Secretary-General, United Nations.

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