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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: "Mr. Ban Ki-Moon UN" <joossss@dsdafd4.cf>
Reply-To: <infoalert0011@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:19:00 -0700
Subject: RE: UN Scam Victim Compensation Notice.!

UNITED NATION SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION NOTICE.


3/21/2016


Attention Scam victim


How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?, You may not understand why this mail came to you.


In regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations and the Present United States Government to restore the dignity and Economy of the Nations. Base on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty.


We have been having a meeting for the passed 2 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.


This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $9,900,000 (Nine Million Nine Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.


Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed, so you are advised to contact Mr. Paul Williams in charge of 2015 compensation payment, he is our representative in US, contact him immediately for your Compensation payment of $9,900,000 (Nine Million Nine Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) Funds will be release direct to you in accordance with legal clearance and procedures.

Therefore, you are advised to send Mr. Paul Williams your full Name/telephone number/your residential address/Gender and Occupation.


Contact Mr. Paul Williams with the bellow details immediately for your compensation payment:


Contact Person: Mr. Paul Williams
Email: paulwilliams022@yahoo.es


Good luck and kind regards


Making the world a better place


Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).

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