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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: cunitednations@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 11:54:56 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: 10-Year High for Future Electroindustry Business Conditions

10-Year High for Future Electroindustry Business Conditions

The following article from ApplianceMagazine.com has been forwarded to you by cunitednations@yahoo.com

If you wish to stop receiving these articles, please contact the sender.

Comments from the sender:
WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME

DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017, USA
YOUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.
 
ATTN. BENEFICIARIE
 
We were authorized by the newly appointed United Nation Secretary General, and the Governing body of the United Nations Debt Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regulatory organs in Africa who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.
 
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION in UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA). To pay 50 victims from your country that has being Victims of Internet scam .The UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION has decided to pay you $1,500,000 USD (1 Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount in this  period, get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your $1,500,000 USD compensation funds. We have been having a meeting for the past Seven months which ended Three days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION.
 
This email is to 50 selected people that have been scammed or extorted money from because of your contract payment execution in any part of Your Country, the UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $1.5 MILLON USD This includes every foreign contractors that may have not yet received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international :businesses that failed due to Government problems or irregularities etc. We found your email in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed by the United Nations Board of Directors and Trustees from the WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME and your fund have already been uploaded into an ATM CARD from the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA).
 
The UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) have been instructed as the newly appointed / accredited International Paying Bank by the World Governing Body together with the Committee on International Debt Reconciliation Department to release your overdue funds With immediate effect; with this exclusive Vide Transaction No.: WHA/EUR/202, Transfer Allocation NO;hsbcbank/X44/701LN/WGB/GB, Password: 339331, Pin Code: 78569, Certificate of Merit No: 104, Release Code No: 0876; Immediate UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) Telex Confirmation No: -222568; Secret Code: XXTN014; ATM CARD NO. 4555 981234567890. Having received these vital payment numbers; you are instantly qualified to receive and confirm your payment BY contacting UNITED NATIONS representative in UNITED STATE and AFRICA REV. MARK BLESS within the the next 72hrs.
 
We sent you series of emails in this regards but you did not respond back to us; However, For your information, note that United Nations Board of Director have sign your ATM CARD in the favor of your name and hand it over to REV. MARK BLESS Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit to deliver it to you once you get in contact with him, you have to contact Mr Fred George, in charge of your ATM CARD, as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in UNITED STATE and AFRICA region, contact him immediately for your ATM CARD $5.5.MILLION USD, remember that funds are in a ATM CARD for security purpose. He will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.
 
Contact information:
 
 Mr Fred George
(fredgeorge477@yahoo.com)
Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit.
Direct Telephone line: +22507897345

As soon as you establish a contact with him, ensure that you provide your present address as below to the contact in other for the Officer to effect the change and Re-direct the parcel to your home address.
 
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
 
We expect your urgent attention to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively. Most importantly you shall be requested to pay the sum of $49.Only by Mr Fred George, as the Delivery fee of your ATM CARD. Once you contact the Office Mr Fred George, please request delivery option and payment information from him in other to avoid any further delay.
 
Thanks for your co-operation. Note: Because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (Code = 2457) so if you are contacting Mr Fred George, you must make sure you identify yourself with the code given to you for security reason. 
Sincerely yours,
 
Yours Faithfully,
Secretary-General Of United Nation
BAN KI MOON
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

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