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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: Jerry Maupin <jerrymaupin77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnfletcher@webmail.hu
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 12:36:28 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION APPROVED!

--
Hello,

Compliment of the Season & Congratulations!!!

This is to acquaint you with the outcome of our 1 day meeting held between
the U.S Department of Homeland security Washington DC, U.N International
Financial Investigation Unit and the Association of Better Business Bureau
to compensate all scam victims. Upon due verification, we have jointly
approved the sum US$1.5M (One Million, Five hundred thousand United States
Dollars) for every confirmed victim. Your E-mail address was selected
through a just concluded random computer ballot system, and you were among
the few selected beneficiaries to be compensated at the ongoing year 2021
compensation program.

Furthermore, adequate arrangements have been put in place for your approved
payment to be remitted to you via issuance of a Platinum Visa Debit Card
that can be accessible at any inter-switch cash machine anywhere in the
world.

Finally; for the purpose of proper verification of your claims, it is
imperative that you furnish us with the following of your details necessary
to process release/remittance of your payment:

Your Full Name(s):
Your Direct Telephone Number:
Contact Address( For Your Visa Card Delivery)
Age:
Profession:
Photocopy of any I.D you may have:

You are expected to forward the above information to the Authorized Payment
Center in South Africa below:

Paying Bank: FIRST NATIONAL BANK, GP
Contact Person: John Fletcher
E-mail: johnfletcher@webmail.hu
Phone: +27-63-988-3018

You are advised to contact the above bank immediately with your information
to enable your fund to be processed and released to you within the
stipulated time frame.

Cordially,

Jerry Maupin.
Executive Director,
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
+1-515-212-4504.

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