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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: West Africa United Nation <united-natio@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: united-natio@w.cn
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:11:03 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Good news!!!




Good Day, Attention: Beneficiary

This message is in reference to your fund payment, I am writing this mail to kindly reconfirm to you that your name was on the list among beneficiaries that was nominated to receive the UN (http://www.un.org/sg/)compensation valued at the total sum of USD$950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars) being for the compensation of all the money you wasted and for your unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc, and problems created to you by some corrupt officials from this Sub Region of the World, who collided with some impostors to victimize innocent masses.





We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Cotonou, Benin Republic, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the scams artists operating syndicates all over the world today.



Presently, I am mandated to inform you that the authorities are ready to pay all the people who were victimized by those corrupt officials according to the order of the human right commission.



You will be receiving $4,500.00 x2 i.e. US$9,500 per day, but you are advised to contact Western Union office immediately you receive this email now and send them your details where they can start sending your payment to you as we booked with WESTERN UNION office to start remitting your payment right from tomorrow if possible you contact them today: the amount they will be sending to you every day is $4,500.00 USD x2 till you receive the total amount of your $950.000.00 cheque.





The United Nation Compensation Commission an aim of this donation is to promote standard of living, this program was organized to make a noticeable change in the standard of living for universal development.



we have been advised to permute all beneficiary details to avoid making out payment to the imposters/hoax person, to further finalized the full procedures of your payment release, you can contact the director of WESTERN UNION office now on this information Atlantique Vital finance bank Western Union Money transfer Department. Location addresses; plot 1261, Adeola Hopewell street Cotonou/Benin/Rep, Contact person: Mr. Adam Godwin Tel phone: +229-98-66-72-111 & fax number +229-960854877

Email address (wu.onlinetransfer@qatar.io )

You are hereby advised to kindly reconfirm the below requirements for confirmation purpose to Western Union Money Transfer office.



(i). your full names:

(ii). Contact address:

(iii. Valid Phone number:

(iv). Age:

(v). Occupation:



Be further aware that you would be required to make the payment of procurement of the legal document that would be handed over to Atlantique Vital finance bank Western Union transfer Department to legitimized the release of your daily payment, you are advised to kindly provide the above required details and contact the Western Union Office for an instruction on how to make the payment of the legal document to fully legitimized all claims payment.

Be informed that Mr. Adam Godwin is the only person that will have right to transfer your fund to your attention without any problem, I hope you get me right?



Call and email him now so that he can provide the Western Union information to you as urgent as you can today. Also do let me know immediately they have started sending your money, but try to comply with them to enable them serve you better.



You are to contact them upon receipt of this mail without any delay to hasten up the release of your fund payment to you.

I wait for your response as soon as you have started receiving your payment from Western Union office.



Mr. Ban Ki-Moon

Secretary (WEST AFRICA UNITED NATIONS)

http://www.un.org/sg/

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