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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: "Compensation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoconsultant1@webmail.co.za>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:16:58 -0800
Subject: Compensation Payment

File no: UNJ 54/5378672 IMF
                                                                      COMPENSATION OF FUNDS
Dear Funds Beneficiary/Email Account Holder
 
 
We, the governing body of the United Nations Compensation Commission(UNCC)has been authorized by United Nations Security Council and International Monetary Fund(IMF),to bring this notice to you as a beneficiary in compensation payment of $2.5 Million (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)
 
 
The United Nations Compensation Commission was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the United Nations Security Council under Security Council resolution 687 (1991), to process claims and pay compensation for unpaid funds , the United Nations Compensation Commission have received all the overdue outstanding payments owed to the following: individuals, firms, contractors, inheritance, next-of-kin, super hurricane Sandy and lottery beneficiaries that originated from Africa, Europe, Americas, Asia including the Middle East.
 
 
Your email address registered with the above claim number, was randomly selected from global databases which qualifies you to lodge a compensation claim of $2.5 Million usd (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand . With the issuance of an irrevocable payment guarantee by the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund on your payment, the UNCC will monitor and supervise your compensation payment, and to ensure that you receive due payment of your funds.
 
Your payment allocated to the registered claim has been approved to be paid to you by a UNCC-appointed paying bank. You are hereby advised now, on one and final notice, to contact the Claims Office of UNCC South Africa with details given below, to submit your claim application, and to begin the process of filing your claim, and receiving payment of your compensation funds.
The following details must be submitted by email as a Claim Application, to the Claims Office of the
South Africa
 
 
(1)Full names
(2) Your registered claim number.
(3) ID/passport copy
(4) Occupation.
(5) Contact address, telephone/Mobile number
(6) Full address.
 
 
Contact below Consultant.
Name:William Wade
e-mail: infoconsultant@webmail.co.za/  infoconsult900@gmail.com
 
 
Note importantly that your case Registered Claim Number: UNCCORG/533672IMF for your payment falls under the IMF's inter-continental geographic payment zoning-(PCZA1). Therefore depending on the treasury allocation of foreign exchange by the IMF, your compensation claim, after processed under the PCZA1 geographic payment zoning, will be paid to you by any of the PCZA1 appointed paying banks located either in Tokyo Japan, UAE, South Africa, or Hong Kong. You will then be notified with details of the particular appointed paying bank that will pay out your claim.
 
 
We expect your urgent confirmation and response to this email as directed to enable the UNCC process and execute your payment effectively. Congratulations.
With best compliments,
Steve Connelly
 
 
Director
 
IMF Compliance Department.
United Nations Compensation Commissio

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