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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: "Mrs. Monica Owen" <un10@undph.cn.tn>
Reply-To: <agt.sydneyb@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:22:24 +0100
Subject: REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT!!

United Nations Assisted Program
UN Directorate of International Payment/Transfer Notice
3 Whitehall Court
London SW1A 2EL

To whom it may concern!

Following the Foreign Exchange Approval issued to the Federal Reserve Bank, NY by the International Monetary Fund/World Bank on the recommendation of the United Nations Protocol's Blue Book "Permanent Missions No. 295", issued in October 2015 with ST/SG/SER.A/295/Add. 5 with a sole mandate giving to the Federal Reserve Bank, NY for the release of your fund

We have just received an alert from the Federal Reserve Bank, NY on your payment. The International Monetary Fund/World Bank in conjunctions with United Nations has been alerted on the claim by Mrs. Jennifer Monsivais to be your family’s Legal Representative. In accordance with the United Nation (UN) mandatory policy on International Monetary Transactions and in accordance with the World Financial Policy we are mandated to verify this claim.

This notification is to advice you on your Un-claimed Fund. Going by the security report before us, Mrs. Jennifer Monsivais had putting up an application for claim of your fund before the Federal Reserve Bank NY. We have a Memo from the Federal Reserve Bank, NY that you are dead. Few days ago Mrs. Jennifer Monsivais with a Letter of Authorization, claiming to be your Family Legal Representative approached the bank with a mandate to claim your fund on behalf of your family. And the below banking information's was submitted:

BANK NAME: BANK OF AMERICA,
ACCOUNT NAME: JENNIFER MONSIVAIS
ROUTING NUMBER: 011024389
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 233012734259
SWIFT CODE: BOTAWS7N
BANK ADDRESS: 13810 Oakview Cove San Antonio TX 78245

We got your email address and decided to send an email through this address hoping to find out from whom may be using this email account if you are truly dead or alive and also to confirm Mrs. Jennifer Monsivais's claim on the mandate giving to her. Because we have our suspicions that some compromised persons within the Commission has be divulging classified information’s to some criminal entity to divert people's fund. So we are of the fear that somebody within the commission is working with Mrs. Jennifer Monsivais on this claim, by proving her such privileged information's.

If you are aware of the above information, do not respond to this email but if not, you are advised to reply this message immediately before it is too late. Be informed that you are not allowed to correspond or contact any person or office with respect to this transfer other than this office to avoid any complication or mistake.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Monica Owen
Director Operations
Payment/Transfer unit

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