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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 Ursula Wynhoven <rev.jamesed@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mn890504111@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 15:47:28 +0100
Subject: Your Payment


Dear Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that the United Nation Organization in conjunction
with the World Bank has released the 2023 compensation Fund which you are
one of the lucky 40 winners that the committee has resolved to compensate
with the sum of ( €2,000,000.00 Euro ) Two Million Euro after the 2023
general online compensation raffle draw held last month during the UNCC
conference this year with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr.
António Guterres in Geneva Switzerland. This payment program is aimed at
charities / fraud victims and their development to help individuals to
establish their own private business/companies.

Your E-mail was randomly selected among others to receive this Fund through
our International Micro Soft Network during the compensation ballot
survey/draws.

However, your Compensation Fund of €2,000,000.00 Euro has been credited
into an ATM CARD which you are entitled to be withdrawing €3000 Euro each
day from the ATM CARD in any ATM Machine of your choice in your country or
any where in the World.

Therefore, contact Rev Mark Weaver, he is our representative and also
United Nation`s Coordinator in West Africa that will help you receive your
ATM CARD. You can contact him immediately with his contact address below so
that he can explain to you how you can receive your ATM CARD before the
expiring date.

Contact Person: Rev Mark Weaver
E-mail: revmarkWeaver669@gmail.com

Please, make sure that you contact him as soon as you receive this message
and also remember to get back to us once you receive the ATM CARD.

We are at your service.

Many Thanks,
Mrs Ursula Wynhoven
United Nations Liaison Office
Directorate for International Payments

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