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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: "Mr. Antonio Guterres" <angela@uniweld.com.br>
Reply-To: nikki_haley1972@mynet.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:45:02 +0800
Subject: Important Notice!!!

attention,

I want you to know that due to your delay in claiming your compensation fund sum $10.5 Million Dollars, your fund will be confiscated in the next 48 hours so if you know you are still interested in your fund kindly send your reply to this mail (nikki_haley1972@mynet.com). Named Nikki Haley. She is the Permanent Secretary of United Nations to USA and has also been assigned as Financial Officer in charge of your long awaited funds. Contact her now so that she will help you to claim your fund.


Yours in service,

Mr. Antonio Guterres
General Secretary
United Nations

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