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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: monitor@tjiyun.com
Reply-To: unitednationcompensation242@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 07:08:41 -0400
Subject: UNITED NATION COMPENSATION PAYMENT


Attn: Beneficiary, The United Nations and United State Government in allian=
ce with Microsoft Support,Economic Community of African Countries, We have =
been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Afri=
ca With the help of United States Government and United Nations. We have be=
en able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of Afric=
an countries and they are in our custody, We have also been able to recover=
so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commis=
sion and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from =
the Scammers to be shared among scam victims around the globe. Your email a=
ddress was found in one of the scam Artists computer in our custody and you=
will be compensated with (US$1.5,000000.00 / One million five hundred thou=
sand dollar). Please feel free to contact the officer in charge for your pa=
yment by responding back to this email immediately. Do get back to us via E=
mail: unitednationcompensation242@gmail.com Your affirmation is required. S=
end your Full Name:.........,Address:........, Country........., Sex:......=
., Age:........ and your Direct Phone Number:......... to us within twenty =
four hours So that we can start up the processing of your payment. Yours Fa=
ithfully, Miss.Michelle Mclean United Nation Office San Francisco Californi=
a Usa

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