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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: "Dr. Hansen Stein" <habibi@akamadakfzc.com>
Reply-To: hansenstein042@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:22:56 +0330
Subject: United Nations Foundation



Office of the Norwegian Social System & Compensation Scheme
Headquarters: Oslo, Norway

In collaboration with:
*Office of The High Commissioner for Human rights
*United Nations Foundation

MSG SWIFT NO: WBFR370MPBAPPXXXXX1015

Dear Sir/Madam,

This body is set up to recover all intercepted and unpaid contract funds,
Inheritance payments, Lotto Funds, scammed victims compensation funds and
approved natural disaster victim payments such as Earthquake Victims,
Hurricane victims, Tsunami victims and Volcano victims being owned to
Governments, Organizations and Individuals all over the world.

We have dispatched our most trained special auditors to various countries
and have so far recovered approximately $370M (Three Hundred and Seventy
Million United States Dollars). But, the most disturbing news is the rate
of scam that is being committed around the globe at intervals which has
been discovered by our special auditors. This act has rendered so many
people homeless, useless and helpless.

The good news we have for you now is that the World Bank and the members of
Executive Council of the World Bank Groups have accepted to compensate all
victims with a total sum of $2.5M each. This compensation payment takes
effect from today so we advise you to urgently respond to this message and
let us know if you are ready to accept this compensation amount of $2.5M
and forget whatever business transaction you have with anybody in any part
of the world in the past or present. We are sick and tired of all the
reports we have been receiving against impostors and want to put a STOP to
it once and for all. We shall cancel your name if we find out that you are
still communicating with any impostor regarding any payment after today so
be WARNED! Meanwhile your name and email has been included in our database
as an individual to be compensated with the sum of $2,500,000.00

Finally, be informed that we shall cancel your payment if we find out that
you are not a scam victim or any misfortune like intercepted and unpaid
contract funds, Inheritance payments, Lotto Funds, scammed victims
compensation funds and approved natural disaster victim payments such as
Earthquake Victims, Hurricane victims, Tsunami victims and Volcano victims
being owned to Governments, Organizations and Individuals all over the
world and have never had any dealings with any impostor, Individual, Bank
or any organization regarding any payment.

Our goal is only to ensure that all scam victims or any misfortune like
intercepted and unpaid contract funds, Inheritance payments, Lotto Funds,
scammed victims compensation funds and approved natural disaster victim are
well compensated and not to give free funds to people.


Thanks for your understanding and immediate compliance to this
notification.
Faithfully Submitted!
Dr. Hansen Stein PhD JP
Approved by: Dr. Jim Yong Kim
World Bank President.




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