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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: "NATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unionbnkplclondon@mail.bg>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:39:03 +0530
Subject: REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 02096/ (400.000.00 GBP)

UNITED NATIONS
CYBER SECURITY DEPT.
United Nations Branch Office UK,
London Suit N7, NS1T2WK,

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PAYMENT 2013.

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 02096/ (400.000.00 GBP):

This good-news is brought to you by the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION UK Branch, in conjunction with THE FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY UNITED KINGDOM to pay 9,000 scam victims the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling (400,000,00 GBP) each.

you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims You have to contact the ATM Swift Card Center for the immediate payment of your Four Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling (400,000.00 GBP) compensations fund which has been titled on your name by the United Nation.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the first UN meeting of the year 2013, held at the U.N Headquarters New York, in the present with the United Nations Secretary-General. Mr. Ban Ki-moon on the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013 On the Global Financial and Economic Crisis.

It was alarmed so much by him in the meeting on the lost of funds by various World to the scam artists operating in syndicate all over the world today and that its affecting the World economic growth and development such as international trade, international financial system and debt, in other to stop this, the United Nations is now paying 9,000 victims of this operation Four Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling (400,000,00 GBP) in section of financing for development, sustainable development, human settlements, poverty eradication, globalization and interdependence to the people of World, the payments are to be paid by UNITED NATIONS authorize ATM Swift Center.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 78 beneficiaries have been paid, we still have more left to receive theirs. your E-mail i.d was mentioned by the security intelligent monitoring system as one of the victim of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anyone or who so ever, for any reason what so ever, the secret service is already on trace of the criminals.

Your total compensation fund 400,000.00 GBP will be programmed via ATM Master Card in which it will be delivered to your destination address through DHL, or FedEx.

The board of trustees and management of UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION TEAM has finalized and has given an Immediate payment approval of ATM Electronic Card.

YOU HAVE TO FILL AND SUBMIT THIS FORM BELOW TO THE UNITED NATIONS AUTHORIZE ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT OFFICE WITH THIS BELOW FORM:

FULL NAME...........................................
DATE OF BIRTH.......................................
POSTAL/ADDRESS....................................
SEX......................................................
NATIONALITY.........................................
OCCUPATION..........................................
MOBILE TELEPHONE.................................
OFFICE NUMBER.....................................
PIN CODE NO.........................................
SCAN COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY...................

HERE IS THE DETAILS OF THE ATM SWIFT CARD OFFICE UK:

ROYAL BANK OF SWITZERLAND
London Branch, United Kingdom,
Contact Person: Dr.Roan Martin
General Manager, Foreign Transfer Unit,
Bank Email ID: unionbnkplclondon@mail.bg
Bank Phone Number: +447017515229
Bank Fax Number: +448719747192

APPROVED BY,
Mr.Ban Ki-moon.
U.N Secretary-General.
In Co-ordination with British Prime Minister
David Cameron
His vision of a stronger U.N for a better World

Mr.David Helb.K
Publicity Secretary
U.N Monitoring Team UK.

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