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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: "NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR COMPENSATION FUND" <info@ttt.com>
Reply-To: <daizkevin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:17:11 -0500
Subject: NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR COMPENSATION FUND

United Nations Association of the UK
3, Whitehall Court,
London,
SW1A 2EL,
United Kingdom.
Tel Phone : + 1 (661) 434-5043

Or

Reply to: daizkevin@gmail.com
Greeting To You : Beneficiary,

NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR COMPENSATION FUND

We believe this notification meets you in a very good
present state of mind and health. This is to inform you
about our new strategy, by involving the anti-graft agency and FBI here in the UK , we discovered that many have been scammed of their hard-earned money by these notorious fraudsters with the use of United Nation's office all in the name of paying compensation fund to beneficiaries.

However, we have taken out schedule in scanning through this issue as stipulated in our protocol of operation and confirmed that many have become victim of scam.

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