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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: "UNFPS"<test@comstar.ru>
Reply-To: stevenvoorhees4@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:28:52 -0700
Subject: Compensation,

United Nations Fraud Prevention Service (UNFPS)
We fight against fraud, funds delay & impersonation.
Address: 405 East 42nd Street,
New York, NY, 10017, USA



YOUR $4.9MILLION COMPENSATION IS READY PLEASE.


This good-news is brought to you by the United Nations in conjunction with
American GOVERNMENT to pay 9,000 scam victims the sum of US$4.9Million United
State Dollars each.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2
days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to
all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the
UNITED NATIONS and American GOVERNMENT have agreed to compensate them
with the sum of US$4,9Million United State Dollars to each person.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received
their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction
or international businesses that failed due to Government problems
etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting
you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.Please make sure
you respond to this email well and stop communicating with FAKE Office
that has been promising you heaven and earth but all is in vain.

You are advised to contact Mr Steven Veziva of Sun Trust Bank US
as he is our representative in CHARGE, contact him immediately
for your ATM CARD VALUED US$4.9Million United State Dollars/ This
funds are in a ATM CARD for security purpose OK? so he will send it to
you and you can withdraw it in any ATM machine of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him Email immediately with BELOW
INFORMATION he will tell you what you need to do to receive your ATM
CARD VALUED US$4.9Million United State Dollars.

Your Full Name...........
Your Home Address........
Your Private Tele Phone Number.......
Your Age....................
Your Occupation........
Your Country..........


Your immediate compliance to this will expedite actions on your
Payment because they have a lot of listed victims to be settled.
Contact Mr. Steven Vezina office with the below information

Person to Contact: Mr. Steven Vezina
Personal Email: stevenvoorhees4@gmail.com


Regards,
United Nations
General Secretary-General
António Guterres
http://www.un.org/sg

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