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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: "BENEFICIARY." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ssmithdavidthe@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:53:56 +0100
Subject: RE:COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTIVEvgde

SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK/UNITED NATIONS
RE:COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTIVE=##
Email:( smithjonessss@hotmail.com) )

SCAMMED VICTIM/$2.5 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $2.5MILLION USD

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United Nations and Standard Chartered Bank to pay 100 Africa 419 scam victims $2.5 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $2.5 Million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at New York, the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image in Africa, the president of the UNITED NATION is now paying all the various victims of this operators of $2.5Million USD each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Africa, the payments are to be paid by Standard Chartered Bank as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the National Westminster bank London.

According to the number of applicants at hand,many beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have more thousands left to be paid their compensations of $2.5Million each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Africa as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to them for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminals, You can receive your compensations payments via ATM CARD PAYMENT.

Furthermore you are advice to reconfirm your information as fellow's


Your Full Name: ______________________________
Your Complete Address (not P.O.BOX) : ______________________________
Name of City of Residence: ____________________
Name of Closest Airport to City of Residence:___________________________
Direct Telephone Number: ____________________________________
Mobile Number:_______________________________________________
Fax Number:______________________________________________________


To the Managing Director of Swift Card Consultant Payment Centre for the ceretified ATM Card, the contact information is as follows:




MANAGING DIRECTOR SWIFT CARD

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Mr.SMITH JONES
Email:( smithjonessss@hotmail.com)
Due get back to him immediately you get this mail to enable him speed up for your ATM payment Card. NB: contact the Managing Director Swift Card Consultant Payment Centre immediately with the necessary information required from you so that they will commence on processing.


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