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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: Mrs Marija Josip <mrsmariam1976@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marijajosip255@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 11:18:55 -0700
Subject: Dear good day

Dear friend

This is coming to you in regards to the recent meeting within the
United Nations based on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance
Project.This email come to those who are yet to receive their
compensation/inheritance/winnings and who have been scammed in any
part of the world, this includes every foreign contractors that may
have not received their contract sum, and people who had unfinished
transaction or Compensation payments which failed due to Government
problems etc. The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate you with
the sum of $4,500,000.00 USD (Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars).

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team
observers and this is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed
upon and signed. You are advised to contact Ms Marija Josip, as she is
our representative for your Compensation payment of $4,500,000.00 USD
(Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which will
be released directly to you through an ATM MasterCard in accordance
with legal clearance and procedures.

However, you should send your Full Name/Telephone Number/Residential
Address/Gender and Occupation.

I expect your urgent attention to this email to enable me monitor this
payment effectively. Most importantly you shall be requested to pay
the sum of $270 only covering the application fee, processing
fee,evaluation fee and mailing cost of your ATM MasterCard with 100%
no extra charge or hidden fees involved. Payment will be made to our
payment office.

Marija Josip

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