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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: Rev Fr Basie Forster <"www."@oboe.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Rev Fr Basie Forster <charlsdonald64@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 23:00:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK AND BENIN
GOVERNMENT.

Good news our dear beneficiary, this is to inform you about your consignment
box that worth about, 3.7Million USD (THREE Million SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
United State Dollars).

This compensation payment has been approved by the United Nations Compensation
Unit, in Affiliation with World bank and Benin Government, with the help of
Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, (http://www.un.org/sg/. Simply contact
Diplomat Charles Donald on his email address charlsdonald64@gmail.com, with your

Full Name......
Country....
Mobile phone No....
House address...
Your Nearest airport..

Your personal code to the box is AA21014717CD, and the color is silver.NB
indicate this code to the diplomat Charles, so that he will know, that you are
the rightful owner of the box.

Note that this is from the world Bank and United Nations Compensation Unit
where your name where selected through a carefully world web gathering of data
in electronic base systems.

For more information contact to the office of the secretary-general
Ban Ki-Moon on +1(229) 329-7397, (http://www.un.org/sg/.
Or
Rev.Fr.Basie Forster, on (+229) 99709500.
World Bank and Benin Government

Best Regard
Rev Fr Basie Forster
United Nation

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