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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. James Potter" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 16:28:22 +0100
Subject: From Mr. James Potter

Attention: Beneficiary,

COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF

$1.500.000.00 ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED

THOUSAND DOLLARS

This is to inform you that we have now been

ordered by Mr. Antonio Guterres of United

Nation, IMF with World bank to contact you

regards to your unpaid delayed funds During the

course of our investigation,
we discovered with dismay that your payment has

been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of

the Bank in attempt to swindle your fund which

has led to so many losses from your end and

unnecessary delay in the receipt of your payment.

The United Nations and the International

Monetary Fund (IMF) has chosen to pay out all the

compensation funds to LUCKY 100 Beneficiaries

from U.S.A, Europe, Canada, United Arab

Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South

America, Australia and Asia and Africa Continent,

as this is a global payments technology that enables

consumers, businesses, financial institutions and

governments to use digital currency

We have arranged your payment to be paid on your

name Upon your contact with us, the sum of

$1.500.000.00 will be PAID to you as one
of the COVID-19 VICTIMS FAMILIES

MEMEBERS or SCAM VICTIMS, please be inform

that if you are not among the TWO MENTIONED

CATEGORIES you are not eligible for this

payment and ignore this message

In this regard, you are to contact and furnish the

requested information with the category you fall

into to the Directorate of International Payment

and Transfer with the followings for immediate
procedure of the payment.

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Postal or Residential Address
3. Mobile Number
4. Country
5. Your Valid ID

We required your urgent response to this email as

directed to avoid further delay.

I wait for your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. James Potter
UNITED NATIONS
Public Information Officer

From Mr. James Potter


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