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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: John Smith <oiw16@universpowers.com>
Reply-To: <un.org.fin@net-c.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 05:36:17 -0800
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION GRANT

Address, 3 Whitehall Court London SW1A 2EL UK. Email: un.org.fin@net-c.com

Attn. Honourable Beneficiary Date. 08/02/16

I am contacting you in line with the resolution of top official members of the United Nation lead by its Secretary General Mr. Ban KI Moon, The Executive members of the World Bank, The European Union { EU} and the African Union {AU}.with the new President of Nigeria and his Finance Minister. At the end of the two day meeting on the damaging effect of Financial Crimes in the Global economy, it was agreed and signed into law to compensate all the people that had an unfinished transaction or international Fund transfer that failed due to Government problem in Africa or Nigeria in particular or those that have been scammed in the past by dubious Individuals. The sum of USD1,500,000.00 was agreed upon to be paid to each of the people under this category. However your name was among names in our data base as one of those under this category and that is why I am contacting you through this medium. It should interest you to note that this has been agreed upon since September 8th last year and has been signed and scheduled payment within 5bank working days from the day of resumption of our communication. Efforts to reach you have been abortive hence your email address was not available. .
You are therefore advised to contact me with the following information
Full Names......... and Current Address..........................
Telephone #..............Fax No........
Copy of your identity
As soon as the above information are received and confirmed, you will be advised accordingly on the modalities to receive your fund,
Yours in Service
Dr. John Smith
(Head of Finance UN HQ London)
Email: un.org.fin@consultant.com

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