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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. Regina Rose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inforrose1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 06:41:27 +0100
Subject: Good Day to you!.....................

RE: THE UNITED NATIONS SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT ( REF:
CODE: 06654.)

Good Day to you!

This is to inform you that the United Nations Organization has
approved the sum of Ten Million Five hundred thousand United States
Dollars as a compensation Payment after Ronald Gibson Williams and
his groups, who claimed to be the Government Agents, was arrested and
they confessed to scamming you a lot of money some time ago.

Based on their confession, the United Nation Compensation payment
department decided to reimburse you with the sum mentioned above.

However, kindly let us know if you are willing to receive your
compensation from the United Nations so that we can direct you to our
paying bank.

Regards,

Mrs. Regina Rose
Director General, SVPC.
New York, NY 10017, USA

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