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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: David Campbell <david_camp1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:23:05 +0000
Subject: Reply today


Attention: Sir/Madam,


This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to Central Bank of Nigeria to pay all scam victims
$3,500,000.00 (THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLAR) 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 immediate payments of your $3,500,000.00 compensations funds.


On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the
last U.N. meetings held at New York, USA, it was alarmed so much by
the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals
to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.
In other to compensate victims, the United Nations U.N Body in
conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 150,000 victims
of this operators $3,500,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. and
World Bank W.B recommendations.



Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was
arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any
reason what so ever as the U.S. security service is already on trace
of the other criminals. You are thereby advised to contact the payment
officer in Africa, Nigeria through the following information.

My Name is David Campbell, You will receive your compensations
payments cash through ATM PAYMENTS SYSTEM (or) DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SHIPMENT CASH to your home. So when we cross examine into our computer
diskette analysis data bank we discovered that you have not been paid,
for this reason your name has been short listed among other
beneficiaries and contractors whose fund has been over due for payment
to them, who will benefit for deduction payment policy newly
introduced as compensations by the World Bank W.B and United
Nations U.N.


If you can adhere to OUR/my instructions and directives to YOU this
fund will be confirmed to you within the next five (5) working days
surely. We urge your maximum co-operation as we are obliged to serve
you better and to restore back lost hope to you, thanks.


You will be detailed with the modalities as you contact
us.campbelld192@gmail.com


Yours faithfully,


David Campbell.


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