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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: Rev Father Austine <sdddd@hfnght.my.vg>
Reply-To: <revfatheraustin@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 12:24:51 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATIONdavid0110@mmnvhfgry.ae.tn

SCAMMED VICTIMS,

COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE:00916768,

Attn; Madam/Sir.

We are delegated from the United Nations to Bank of American to pay 100 Nigerian/World 419 scam victims $2.5 millionUSD (Two million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)each, as directed by the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in his fight against corruption.

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims; get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $2.5 millionUSD as your compensations funds.

Note that on these faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during our last United Nations meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria. it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the loss of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in Nigeria and all over the world today,

So in other to retain the good image of the country, the president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is now paying 100 victims of this operators the total sum of $2.5 million USD each,

Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the president has directed the federal reserve bank of united state to handle this payment, and ensure that all the scammed victims who was lucky contacted get this payment without any hindrance as instructed by president Alhaji Mohammed Buhari(GCFR) Federal republic of Nigeria, Below is the arrangement.


The Federal Reserve Bank in united state of American is waiting for your urgent and swift response to this notice; if you are one of the scam victims urgently get back to this mail today so that I will forward you the contact information of the bank in united state for you to contact them personally for your compensation fund.

Note that more than 60 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have more 40 left to be paid the compensations of $2.5 million USD each only.

Before we contacted you today Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos State Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason for whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

For more vital information, you will receive your compensations payments from the Federal Reserve Bank of America as directed by the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
I shall give you the full contact detail of the bank with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR URGENT REPLY;revfatheraustin@outlook.com

Yours
Faithfully
Rev. Father Austine

De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,
United Nations Compensation Committee,
(United nations Anti-fraud Committee,

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