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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: "Mr. Cletus Edge" <mrsmeriamidris@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mb446228@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 02:12:32 -0800
Subject: Kindly Reply to this private Email address for your Compensation
Payment: mb446228@gmail.com

Attention;

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, it is
because of the restrictions imposed by your Mail/Internet Service
Provider, we urge you to treat it genuinely.

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not
understand why this email came to you. In regards to the recent
meeting between the United Nations and the United States Government to
restore the dignity and Economy of Nations based on the Agreement with
the World Bank Assistance Project to help and make the world a better
place. We have been having meetings for the past 3 months with the
Secretary General of the United Nations.

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 that have had an
unfinished transaction or Compensation payments that failed due to
Government problems etc. The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate
you with the sum of $2.5Million USD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars).

10 Scam Victim people where selected across the Globe for the END OF
THE YEAR COMPENSATION and Your name and email was in the list
submitted by our Monitoring Team observers and this is why we are
contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed, so
you are advised to contact Mr. George Wayne of the United Nations
Compensation Commission, as he is our representative in United State
Of America.

Contact him immediately for your Compensation payment of $2.5 Million
USD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) which will be released
directly to you in accordance with legal clearance and procedures.
However, you should send him your details as stated below:

Full Name
your Residential Address
State
Country
Telephone Number
Gender
Date Of Birth:
Occupation.
Marital status
Copy Of Your Int'l Passport/Drivers License

Contact Mr. George Wayne immediately for your compensation payment:

Contact person Mr. George Wayne
Contact Email: mb446228@gmail.com
Director- General,

He is obliged to give you a call and treat your case with utmost
urgency as soon as you contact him and fill out your correct details
including all reachable phone numbers for him to get in touch with you
via phone and email lastly you will be requested to pay the sum of $98
for processing/administrative fee.

Here is your Winning Code: WIN8502014KMYV. Make sure you give him your
winning code to confirm you as the rightful person.

Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place!

Mr. Cletus Edge

For more info on the UNCC, see:

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