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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: "MR. PAUL. SMITH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr_paulsmith1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 15:26:41 +0100
Subject: IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
                  Internal Audit,Monitoring,Consulting And Investigations Division
 
 
                              IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD
 
 
GOOD NEWS, UNITED NATION BENIN REGIONAL INTERCONNECTION WITH UNITED NATION HEAD QUARTER NEW YORK WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE HOUSE (FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC, ABIDJAN, TOGO,) WE TOLD THEM WE WANT YOUR FUND TO BE RELEASE TO YOU AS YOU HAVE WAITED FOR IT SO MUCH, WE THE UNITED NATION HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT YOU SHOULD PAY ONLY DELIVERING FEE FOR THE CARD TO BE DELIVER TO YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS THROUGH STANDARD COURIER BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN THEM ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THEY NEED FOR THE DELIVERY ALSO ITS COMING WITH UN NAME TO ENSURE THAT NON STOPPAGE.
 
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ONLY TWO WORKING DAYS TO SEND THE DELIVERY CHARGES OF $85 U.S. DOLLARS FOR THE DELIVERING OF YOUR CARD BECAUSE IF WE DONT HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE PAYMENT INFORMATION; THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL CANCEL THE TRANSACTION AS AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THEM, SO YOU HAVE TO READ BELOW NOTICE CAREFULLY AS THE NOTICE STAND AS CAUTION BEFORE IT WILL BE LATE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOU MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS PROJECT, AS WE WILL SOON CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU, IN CASE OF ANY E-MAILS OR CALLS YOU RECEIVES REGARDING THIS FROM ANY INDIVIDUALS CLAIMED TO BE ME, OR E-MAILS, CALLS FROM ANY ORGANIZATION TO YOU, SUCH MUST BE FORWARDED AT ONCE TO ME IMMEDIATELY BY E-MAIL.
 
ALSO, IT MIGHT COME TO YOU WITH DIFFERENT PROPOSALS WITH DIFFERENT NAMES INCLUDING MY NAME ASKING YOU TO COME AND CLAIM YOUR ESTATE OR EVEN FUNDS BELONGING TO YOU OR TO SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT KNOW, I URGE YOU TO IGNORE SUCH E-MAILS OR CALLS, WHILE FORWARDING IT TO US FOR UNITED NATION GENERAL ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE IT FOR US. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION, AGAIN WITHOUT THIS CODE (555) DONT GET BACK TO ME.
 
YOUR FUND WHICH IS IN TOTAL $10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS WILL COME IN BATCHES OF 10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS AND THE PAYMENT WOULD BE SENT TO YOU by USPS.COM BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THEM WHICH SHOULD EXPIRED BY SEPTEMBER  30TH 2014. BELOW ARE FEW LIST OF TRACKING NUMBERS YOU CAN TRACK FROM USPS.COM  TO CONFIRM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENT SUCCESSFULLY.
 
ARLIE BROCK---------9114901159815113749247
GARY METZGER -------- 9114901230803365460755
 
PROCESSING FORM DETAILS FOR YOUR CARD TO BE SENT TO YOU.
 
(1) FULL NAME:
(2) PRESENT ADDRESS......:
(3) TEL:
(4) SEX...............
(5) AGE..................
(6) OCCUPATION...
 
THIS IS THE PAYING INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL USE TO SEND THE 85 U.S. DOLLARS THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM TRANSFER FOR YOUR CARD TO BE SHIP IMMEDIATELY AS WE SIGNED AND APPROVED, THE PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE AND THE DETAILS SHOULD BE FORWARD TO OUR STUFF FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH OF YOUR CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY.
 
BELOW IS THE INFORMATION WHERE TO SEND THE MONEY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER;
 
RECEIVER'S: NAME: OKEKE   LOVEDAY
ADDRESS: / NIGERIA
CITY: / LAGOS
QUESTION: / IN GOD
ANSWER: / WE TRUST
AMOUNT:$85 USD
MTCN: ?
 
 
THANKS
 
REGARDS
MR.PAUL SMITH  DIRECTOR UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN REGION
TEL: +2348032241704

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