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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: "UNITED NATION UPDATE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <UBAgroupLondon@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:16:18 -0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR UNCLAIMED FUND

United Nations Organization
Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief
#760 United Nations Plaza,
New York, NY 10017,
United States.
   
  
Attn: Sir/Madam,
 
I am humbly using this medium to notify you that World Bank Swiss in conjunction with United Nations Compensation Commission have approved the sum of US$5 Million Dollars to be release to you as your Scam Victim Compensation Grant.
 
Your Release Code is WBUNCC5514021 and your Approval Number is APPWBUNCCEG10021. We have mandated the UBA Bank Plc,London United Kingdom  to release this Grant to you as soon as possible. Please you are strongly advised
to contact Chris Daniels, the Group Treasury of UBA Bank Plc, UK, on his E-mail Address: ubagroup@post.com  and send him your Release Code WBUNCC5514021 and your Approval# APPWBUNCCEG10021 and tell him that you receive
this message from  (Valerie Amos, the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Coordination) to contact him for your Grant.
                 
Yours truly,
       
Valerie Amos,
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations Organization.

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