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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: <imfunit2020@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 21:00:25 +0200
Subject: IRREVOCABLE COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF £550,000.00 VIA ATM VISA CARD




IRREVOCABLE COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF £550,000.00 VIA ATM VISA CARD

This message is directed to inform you as one of the 150 Beneficiaries from U.S.A, Europe, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South America, Australia, Asia and Africa Continent, we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in the World with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of African countries and Europe, which includes (Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceanic and North America, South America) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers be shared among (150 Lucky victims) around the World as compensation. This Email/Letter has been directed to you because your email address and country name was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensated with the sum of GBP£550,000.00 (Five Hundred Fifty Thousand United States Dollas) ATM Card Value.

We have arranged your payment to be paid through Inter switch Visa ATM Card which will be deliver to you in your country through DHL delivery service from our (European zonal office) In this regards, you are to contact and furnish the requested information to the Directorate of International Payment and Transfer with the followings;

1. Your Name:
2. Country:
3. Age and Sex:
4. Occupation:
5. Mobile Telephone:
6. Delivery Address:
7. Id Card Identification:

We required your urgent response to this email as directed to avoid further delay.
Yours faithfully,
UNITED NATIONS Public Information Office

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