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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: srv2@jupa-grossheide.de
Reply-To: mr_markmoore@foxmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 08:07:06 -0300
Subject: ***SPAM*** SCAMMED VICTIM/521 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654
$800, 000.00 USD ONLY.



SCAMMED VICTIM/521 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $800,000.00 USD O=
NLY..
=

This is to bring to your notice that I am a delegate from the United Nation=
s to The IMF (International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional payment Off=
ice to pay 521 scam victims$800,000.00 USD (eight Hundred Thousand Dollars =
only) each.
=

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims=
to be paid this amount,get back to me as soon as possible for the immediat=
e payments of your $800,000 USD compensations funds.On this faithful recomm=
endations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Ab=
uja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in th=
e meetings on the lost of funds by various individual to scam artist operat=
ing in syndicates all over the world today.
=

In other to compensate these victims, the U.N Body is now paying 521victims=
of this operators $800,000.00 USD each in accordance with the U.N.recommen=
dations. Due to the corrupt and in-efficient Banking Systems in Federal Rep=
ublic of Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by UN officials sitting at IM=
F(International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional Payment Office as corre=
sponding payment center under funding assistance by United Nation body.
=

According to the number of applicants at hand, 284 Beneficiaries has been p=
aid, half of the victims are from the United States, and we still have more=
237 left to be paid the compensations of $800,000.00 USD each. Your partic=
ulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of the=
ir victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or d=
uplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the U.S. Secret=
service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till=
they are all apprehended.
=

Other victims who have not been Contacted can submit their application as =
well for scrutiny and possible consideration. At this point you are advise =
to contact the our authorized payment unit in charge to enable them commenc=
e with the transfer of your funds immediately with the information below:
=

NAME.......
ADDRESS...........
TEL.............
DATE OF BIRTH .....
COUNTRY..........
SEX.............
OCCUPATION.......
=

=

HSBC BANK Representative: Mr Mark Moore
Email: mr_markmoore@foxmail.com
=

Please you are advice to stop any communication with any person or Body th=
at you are currently paying money to due to transaction which you have onli=
ne with the person.Please let us know right now via email or telephone your=
present dealing online, so we can help you verify the authenticity of the =
transaction which you are presently involved in, so you don't get scammed. =
Please also send me prof of payment in any previous scam. If you still have=
any,(optional). I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear=
from you.
=

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Susan Edward.
United Nation Representative


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