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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: YAHOO FIFA UN <susanjohnturay@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barericraymond@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:14:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?Q09OR1JBVFVMQVRJT05TIFlPVSBIQVZFIFdJTk5FUiAgRklGQSAuWUFIT08u?=
=?utf-8?B?VU5JVEVEIE5BVElPTiBUUlVTVCBGVU5EUyBMT1RUTyAyMDEwwqk=?=


FIFA .YAHOO.UNITED NATION TRUST FUNDS ©











CONGRATULATIONS! ! ! !







Dear Winner,







We
are pleased to announce to you as one of the 4 lucky winners in just
concluded FIFA YAHOO /UNITED NATION 2011 AWARD draw held on Oct 31ST 2010. All 4
winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 3 others as a
Last category winner's of the final year end draw.







Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 1.000.000.00 (One Million United State Dollars) only.







The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:



(i) BATCH NUMBER: UN-SZ/40/RSA-0079



(ii) REFERENCE NUMBER: SZ231/RSA0079



(iii) PIN: 3555











Here are the details required from you:



YOUR FULL NAME:……………………….



ADDRESS :……………………….



COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:………………..



OCCUPATION:……………………………..



AGE:…………………………………………



MOBILE NUMBER:………………………...



EMAIL: ………………………………………











Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible with your details for the immediate release of your winnings:



INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT MANAGER







DR RAYMOND ERIC(Overseas Payment Officer)





EMAI :  barericraymond@hotmail.com




EMAIL  barericraymond@hotmail.fr
TEL/FAX   00221 777939408











N.B:



1. All claims are nullified after 15 working days from date of email received.



2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.



3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.











Susan.







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It is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming and to minimize identification difficulties to
advise you to keep this information confidential until your claim is
processed successfully and to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants to please note that you will be Required to pay for
the issuance of your winning certificate and all winnings must be
claimed not later than 23rd Feb, 2011.After this date all unclaimed
Winnings will be null and void. In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers
In all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of
address do inform our agents as soon as possible. Congratulations once
more and thank you for being part of our U.N promotional program.Note:
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified..







Copyright ©1994 - 2011 U.N All rights reserved



U.N-Strasse 20,



P.O. Box 8044 Frankfurt, Germany.

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