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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <uk.compensationhelpline2017@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:24:58 -0700
Subject: Rescue team/help compensation unit

British Government
Rescue team/help compensation unit
10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA
Phone Number: +447014235943
Attn: Sir,
How are you doing today? We the Rescue and compensation arm of British government and Charles Koch, the CEO and chairman of Koch Charitable foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the world have randomly selected few individual who will benefit from this year compensation charity fund. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual, your email address was chosen online through email directory and on confirmation of the validity of your mail to the above email address, the compensation team will finalize other details as they have taken further step by concluding every necessary arrangement with the foreign remittance to credit £450,000.00 compensation fund to your account without hitch.
 
Furthermore, the monetary authorities in United kingdom said that your compensation fund need to be register in your name as the beneficiary based on government RULES and you need to obtain some relevant documents of counter-terrorism to aid the transfer of your fund anywhere in the world without issue. To transfer this fund directly into your account, you need to pay for the document requested above. Once this fee is confirm, the document will be obtain, scan and send to you through email attachment and your fund transferred immediately.
Kindly get back to help/Rescue team officer at your earliest convenience with your full name, address, occupation and mobile number, so he knows your email address is valid and to release your fund.Email us now with your full name, mobile number and age email British depart in the email above or Visit the web page to know more about Charles Koch: http://www.charleskochfoundation.org/ or you can Google me (Charles Koch: Do not hesitate to contact this office via telephone or email as soon as you as you receive this message. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your compensation Code: PT629018CMC confidential till your account is credited. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!
 
 
Officer in charge, Mr. David Fisher
Rescue team/help compensation unit
Phone Number: +447014235943

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