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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mrjuan.carlos@yahoo.com.ve>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:34:25 +0800
Subject: (PRIVATE DEAL FROM UNDP PROJECT MANAGER ASIA-PACIFIC)

GREETINGS,



FIRSTLY, I MUST APOLOGIES FOR BARGING INTO YOUR MAILBOX
WITHOUT FORMAL INTRODUCTION OF MYSELF TO YOU.ACTUALLY I GOT
YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION FROM REPUTABLE BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OF YOUR COUNTRY WHICH GIVES ME
ASSURANCE OF YOUR LIABILITY AS A PERSON WHILE TRYING TO GET
A GOOD AND CAPABLE BUSINESS PERSON IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT PURPOSES.THIS WHY WITHOUT WASTING
ANY TIME I AM SEEKING A DECISION MAKER TO GRAB MY OFFERING
US$64,000,000.00 YOURS FREE WITH SOME SIMPLE CONDITION.YOU
WILL NEED  TO FOLLOW AND WORK CLOSELY WITH ME.YOU CAN'T
SAY MY GENEROUS OFFER OF FIFTY PERCENT OF US$128,000,000.00
WHICH IS US$64,000,000.00 IS NOTHING. BUT REMEMBER THAT
OPPORTUNITY OF THIS KIND ALWAYS COME ONCE IN LIFETIME.


HAVE I GOT YOUR ATTENTION?

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM SENIOR PROJECT AND PROGRAM
MANAGER WITH THE UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION CALL UNDP.I AM THE PERSON DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE TO ANSWER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO UNDP
YEARLY MEETINGS.MY SPECIAL ROLE IS TO EVALUATE ALL CONTRACT
APPRAISALS AND THE APPROVALS TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS. AS YOU
ARE AWARE I AM THE SENIOR PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANGER
ANSWERING TO THE PRINCIPLE DIRECTORS OF UNDP. I GOT SICK OF
ANSWERING TO STUBBORN MANAGEMENT.I DECIDED TO DEPLOY EARLY
RETIREMENT.THIS IS WHERE OUR DEAL BEGINS TO WORK FOR YOU AND
ME. I AM LETTING YOU TO MY FINDING THROUGHOUT ROUTINE
SUPERVISION OVER FOREIGN CONTRACTORS.I NOTICED SERIES OF
OVER INVOICED CONTRACTS THAT AMASSED TO
US$128,000,000.00.HERE COMES THE ADVANTAGE YOU HAVE.AS I
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED THE SUM OF US$128,000,000.00. ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATE  DOLLAR.I
WANT US TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ENABLE UNDP ASIA-PACIFIC
REGION TO TRANSFER THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF US$128,000,000.00
INTO Y



MY QUESTION TO YOU IS DO YOU WANT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?ALL
YOU NEED TO DO IS ASSIST ME ON WHAT IS REQUIRED THEN YOU GET
US$64,000,000.00 UPON THE SUCCESS OF THE TRANSFER.FROM A
PARTNERSHIP AND WISELY. MY SHARE WITH YOURS INTO BLUE-CHIP
INVESTMENTS.AS A RESULT OF THIS OBVIOUSLY I WILL HAVE TO
SURRENDER MY POSITION WITH UNDP. THEN IMMEDIATELY 
AFTERWARDS MAKE PROVISION TO RELOCATE TO  YOUR
COUNTRY.NOW I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING IS TRANSPARENT
AS ALL THINGS FROM MY SIDE ARE PERFECTED DONE THAT I USE MY
PERSONAL US$3.7 MILLION TO SECURE THIS DEAL.

ACCEPT THE US$128,000,000.00 INTO YOUR BUSINESS BANK
ACCOUNT  BEARING IN MIND ITS A FIFTY-FIFTY DEAL.I WILL
REQUIRE UN UNDERTAKING FROM YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT RUN AWAY
WITH THE US$128,000,000.00 DRIVEN BY GREED. ON THIS BASIS. I
WILL AGREE TO ASSIST YOU SO THAT THE US$128,000,000 WILL BE
TRANSFER SMOOTHLY TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR
COUNTRY. CALL IT WINNING OR COMPENSATION IS YOUR CHOICE AND
ITS THE US$64,000,000.00 DOLLAR QUESTION.


PLEASE YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL INFORMATION SUCH AS
STATED BELOW;

1) FULL NAME:
2) FULL ADDRESS:
3) AGE:
4) SEX:
5) HOME TELEPHONE:
6) MOBILE PHONE:
7) ACTIVE ACCOUNT:
8) FAX NUMBER:
9) BUSINESS NUMBER:
10)BUSINESS ADDRESS:
11)CURRENT OCCUPATION STATUS:
12)COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
13)NATIONALITY:
14)INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ID:
15)YOUR BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT OR YOU OPEN NEW ONE FOR THE
US$128,000,000.00:

FURTHERMORE.BE INFORMED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL TAKE US
15 WORKING DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH BEGINNING FROM WHEN I RECEIVE
YOUR FULL INFORMATION AFTER YOU HAVE ASSUMED THE POSITION OF
A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR TO UNDP. I WILL ALSO FILE AN
APPLICATION IN THE UNDP HEADQUARTERS AND SECURE THE
NECESSARY APPROVAL AND LETTER OF CLEARANCE THAT WILL MAKE
YOU UNDP FOREIGN CONTRACTOR. YOU AS A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR TO
UNDP ARE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THESE FUNDS TO AN ACCOUNT THAT
WILL BE PROVIDED BY YOU.THIS PROCESS IS 100 PERCENT RISK
FREE AS I HAVE SET OUT ALL THE MODALITIES TO SEE THAT A
LEGALIZED METHOD IS USED BECAUSE BECAUSE I HAVE PREPARED ALL
THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WE WILL USE IN THIS DEAL.PLEASE
NOTE THAT UTMOST SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY ARE REQUIRED AT
ALL TIMES DURING THIS TRANSACTION. ONCE THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN
TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY
WE SHALL SHARE RATIO OF FIFTY PERCENT FOR ME.FIFTY PERCENT
FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS DEAL PLEASE
DELETE THIS EMAILS FROM YOUR MAIL



THANK YOU.

BEST REGARDS.
MR.JUAN CARLOS.
SENIOR PROJECT MANGER TO UNDP.

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