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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: "dr.john vieradr." <www.@outlook.com>
Reply-To: john viera <dr.johnviera220@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 18:32:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: WE ARE THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION UNIT:


Dear Esteemed Client
WE ARE THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION UNIT: This is to inform you that you have
been entitled to receive a payment of ($4.700,000dollars ) from UN and the
payment has been installed in ATM MASTER CARD and it awaits delivery to your
home address therefore kindly furnish us with your details such as Full name,
Address and direct phone number to enable the delivery commence without wasting
much time.

Send your details to dr.john viera(dr.johnviera220@outlook.com) and call him on
phone +1(646) 583-6763 for more clarifications.

Regards
compensation team

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