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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: uncb@uncb.org
Reply-To: uncompensationss@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 02:26:54 +0100
Subject: PRIORITY

Congratulations Beneficiary,

You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for quit sometime now and we just came to a logical conclusion few days ago in affiliation with the World Bank president. This email is to few, well listed people in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS in Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed as part of our yearly promotion to the world to change lives with the sum of USD5,000,000.00 Dollars each.

We found your email in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
You are advised to contact Mr Clarence Alison

Regards,
CLARENCE ALISON
UNITED NATION COMPENSATION BOARD (UNCB)

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