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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: "JAN ELIASSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ann78fr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:55:22 +0100
Subject: RE: YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS NOW IN ATM CARD!

United Nations (UN)
Directorate of International Debt Reconciliation & Compensation Commission
Headquarters (New York): First Avenue, 46th street
New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.
Tel/Fax: (212) 745 9316.
UN/A/1116.
Web: http://www.un.org/


Our Ref: UN/IRD/XXIFCXX/021/14


U.N.713.2014/Treaties-2

All Protocols Observed.


RE: YOUR INHERITANCE COMPENSATION FUND NOW UPGRADED INTO AN AUTOMATED TELLER CARD (ATM)!


Dear Valued Beneficiary,

Have you been denied access to your payment? Have you been scammed before? If yes, then be informed that the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) a subsidiary organ of the United Nations Security Council has been established in accordance with Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) and 692 (2010) to process claims and pay compensation to individuals, corporations, and international organizations whose funds have been unlawfully held in arrears by foreign governments and those who have been scammed on the proccess.

The Commission have received approximately 70 thousand claims and concluded its review of all claims. The Commission has made available to International Finance Corporation (IFC) approximately $552.4 Million for distribution to successful claimants in all categories. Funds to pay these debts are drawn from the government's reserve account with the World Bank. The Commission monitors the distribution of payments to claimants by the relevance of the IFC who are obligated to distribute such funds to their successful claimants expeditiously.

To deal with these claims in an efficient, fair and impartial manner, the commission employed where necessary, a variety of internationally recognized techniques for processing claims, including computerized matching of claims and verification information. The claims in categories "A", "B" and "C" that were filed during the regular filing period have been fully processed and successful claimants have already received full payment of their claims in these categories. The outstanding claims in this category include your claim and other late-filed claims accepted for filing pursuant to the decisions of the governing council of the UN.

With respect to the provision Section 17 of decree 114 of the 1999 constitution, you have been approved to receive a totaled sum of $10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The above sum shall be upgraded into an Automated Teller Card (ATM) and shall be sent to you after due verification by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). With this method of payment, you can receive your fund promptly, securely and conveniently without going through rigorous proccesses; and you can also make withdrawal in any ATM location/merchants nearest to you. Your bank account is not required to claim your ATM card and therefore we do not request for your banking particulars.

Therefore, the UNCC are dedicated to providing you with safe, secure and reliable transactions and prompts payouts. However, we have adopted variety of mechanisms and precautions to fully protect you against fraud and theft.

In view of this development, we would appreciate if you would reconfirm your personal data in the format shown below for administrative convenience:

1) FULL NAME: ______________________________
2) YOUR VALID ADDRESS: ___________________________
3) PHONE & MOBILE NUMBERS: _______________________
4) PROFESSION: ________________________
5) MARITAL STATUS: ______________________________
6) DATE OF BIRTH: ______________________________
7) NATIONALITY: ______________________________
8) OTHER EMAIL: ______________________________

After receiving the above data from you, we shall connect you directly to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) who would act as intermediary bank between you and the ATM card issuing bank to salvage your overdue fund.

We appreciate your confidence, hard work and shall look forward to working with you and providing you with these exciting new services. If you have any questions or concerns, please kindly email us back and we will be happy to assist you.

Thank you for patience and anticipated cooperation.

Yours in service,
AMBASSADOR JAN ELIASSON
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

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