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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: "info" <info@dalmore.ch>
Reply-To: unitednations_lugars1@officeliveusers.com
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:14:21 +0100
Subject: FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS

FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
ATTN: Beneficiary,

UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAM) The UNITED NATIONS in conjunction
with the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and also the METRO POLICE OF LONDON,
held a meeting last month concerning some of the foreign contractors and also
lottery winners whose payment is due both in the foreign and local level that
has not been able to claim their payment with the rightful office due to the
fact that, they have been contacting the wrong office just to claim their
payment and at the end, they end up not getting their payment.

On going through contractors file yesterday, we discovered that your file was
dumped untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your
payment and please stop communicating with any Office now and pay attention to
the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly.

The UNITED NATIONS OFFICE have actually been authorized by the Government of
the United states of America and government of England to investigate the
unnecessary delay of your payment, Recommended and approve your claims for
payment if certified as Genuine.

During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your
payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who
are Trying to divert your money into their private accounts, to foretell all
this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal
Identification number (PIN) and your transfer access Code(T.A.C), this will
enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also agreed with
the Presidency and the government of ENGLAND that we will handle this payment
ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials and all
bodies involve.

The UNITED NATIONS OFFICE obtained payment guarantee on your Payment from the
presidency and the Government of England we are happy to inform you that based
on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund has been
credited in your favor through our overseas paying bank. You are therefore
advice to contact Dr. DICK LUGAR International Audit unit, United Nations
Liaison Office London.

Contact Person:

Name: Dr. DICK LUGAR
(Director of International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office London)
Email Address: unitednations_lugars1@officeliveusers.com
Direct Phone contact: +44-702-407-0039

You are to contact him as immediately you receive this notice NOTE: We have
mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming calls and emails, if
we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that
have been frustrating you for years, The authority shall stop and cancel your
payment immediately.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO FURNISH Dr. DICK LUGAR WITH YOUR CORRECT:
Full Name:
Full Address:
Country:
Marital status:
Age:

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment
effectively..
CONGRATULATIONS.
CAPT. JAMES C. WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS, New York

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