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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1yLkFudMOzbmlvIEd1dGVycmVzIg==?=<info@un.org>
Reply-To: selfservice200@hotmail.com
Date: 10 Jan 2019 17:34:43 -0300
Subject: COMPENSATION TO SCAMMED VICTIMS

SCAMMED VICTIM/521 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $800,
000.00 USD ONLY..


This is to bring to your notice that I am a delegate from the
United Nations to The IMF (International Monetary Fund) West
Africa Regional payment Office to pay 521 scam victims$800,000.00
USD (eight Hundred Thousand Dollars only) 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 $800,000 USD
compensations funds.On this faithful recommendations, I want you
to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Federal
Republic of Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the
meetings on the lost of funds by various individual to scam
artist operating in syndicates all over the world today.


In other to compensate these victims, the U.N Body is now paying
521victims of this operators $800,000.00 USD each in accordance
with the U.N.recommendations. Due to the corrupt and in-efficient
Banking Systems in Federal Republic of Nigeria, the payments are
to be paid by UN officials sitting at IMF(International Monetary
Fund) West Africa Regional Payment Office as corresponding
payment center under funding assistance by United Nation body.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 284 Beneficiaries
has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States,
and we still have more 237 left to be paid the compensations of
$800,000.00 USD each. 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.
Secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So
keep it secret till they are all apprehended.
Other victims who have not been Contacted can submit their
application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. At
this point you are advise to contact the our authorized payment
unit in charge to enable them commence with the transfer of your
funds immediately with the information below:

NAME.......
ADDRESS...........
TEL.............
DATE OF BIRTH .....
COUNTRY..........
SEX.............
OCCUPATION.......

ACCESS BANK Representative: Mr Kenneth johnson
Email: selfservice200@hotmail.com


Please you are advice to stop any communication with any person
or Body that you are currently paying money to due to transaction
which you have online with the person.Please let us know right
now via email or telephone your present dealing online, so we can
help you verify the authenticity of the transaction which you are
presently involved in, so you don't get scammed. Please also send
me prof of payment in any previous scam. If you still have any,
(optional). I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I
hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr .António Guterres
United Nation Representative

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