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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: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN! <sales1@aquasky-tw.com>
Reply-To: alexander.carl95@aol.com
Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 21:46:52 +0100
Subject: RE: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!



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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!

Approximately 2.7 million claims with an asserted value of US$352.5
billion
were filed with the United Nations Compensation Commission. Following
the
conclusion of claims processing, the Commission awarded $52.4 billion to
approximately 1.5 million successful claims from individuals,
corporations,
governments and international organizations. With the final payment of
compensation made on 13 January 2022, all compensation awarded by the
Commission has now been paid in full.

I want to use this opportunity to inform you that the Commission is
paying
the sum of TEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
(USD10.5M) to individuals who are yet to receive their fund. The Panel
of
Commissioners reviewed and evaluated the claims submitted by
governments,
international organizations, companies, and individuals. This claim is
for
production and financial losses as a result of damages caused by the
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, overdue contract payment, Lottery awards,
Next-of-kin,
etc.

Kindly get back to us and tell us where your payment falls in and also
indicate if you have received yours (i.e USD10.5M) Ten Million, Five
hundred thousand United States Dollars. Please indicate but if you have
received your fund, also indicate if you have not. Note, you must stop
all
further communication/transactions with any Agents, Payment Center,
Diplomatic Agent, and Financial institution as discussed and concluded
in
the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) committee
summit/meeting.
Therefore, if you have not received your fund respond with the following
details.

1) Your Name:

2) Address:

3) Phone Number:

You can visit http://www.uncc.ch/home or https://uncc.ch/uncc-glance for
more details of all compensatory funds paid to individuals under this
program. Get back to us as soon as possible so that we will articulate
the
way forward.

Best Regards,

Alexander Carl

For United Nations

Compensation Commission (UNCC).

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