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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: migration
Reply-To: unitednationdiplomatic046@altmails.com
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 01:38:55 +0200
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT IS READY?


Hello, Compliment of the Season!! This is to acquaint you with the outcome =
of our 1 day meeting held between the U.S Department of Homeland security W=
ashington DC, U.N International Financial Investigation Unit and the Associ=
ation of Better Business Bureau to compensate all scam victims. Upon due ve=
rification, we have jointly approved the sum Of 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 s=
ystem, and you were among the few selected beneficiaries to be compensated =
at the ongoing year 2023 compensation release/remittance of your payment: Y=
our 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 Authorized Payment Center=
in South Africa below: Paying Bank: FIRST NATIONAL BANK, GP Contact Person=
: CLINT ANTHONY E-mail: unitednationdiplomatic046@altmails.com. Phone: +27-=
61-195-9468 You are advised to contact the above bank immediately with you=
r information to enable your fund to be processed and released to you withi=
n the stipulated time frame. Cordially, Maimunah Mohd Sharif. Executive Dir=
ector, United Nations Human Settlements Programme=20

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