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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. António Guterres Secretary-General UN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrister.henrygreen@yandex.ru>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 05:11:54 -0400
Subject: THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS CONGRATULATIONS WE PRESENT TO YOU YOUR AWAITING CHECK

                           THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
 
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.
 
 
OUR REF: U.N/WBO/042UK/2018
NEW YORK
 
 
Congratulations Beneficiary
 
[1]United Nation goal to eradicate global poverty before 2020.
[2]Financial support to individuals,family and organization with bright purpose to fund their project.
[3]World,community,development.
[4]Your email was submitted by the all world email providers and was chosen through balloting system.
[5]The beneficiary will sponsor the claim charges as regards the claim of your fund.
 
 
        This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remain unpaid to you.
 
 
        I'm Mr. António Guterres Secretary-General and Director of international affairs in the United Nation (UN). It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies Diplomat(s) across Europe to Africa and Asia London UK, and we have decided to put a STOP to that and that is why I was appointed to handle your transaction.
 
 
        We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago, The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and The National Security Agency (NSA)  have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of United States  his Excellency  the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces President  Donald Trump,to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to Foriegners and citizens of United States and Compensate all that have lost their hard earned money to Fraudsters in general(wordwide).
 
 
       This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$8,500,000 ( Eight Million Five Hundred United State Dollars) This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems,Contracts Sum, Lottery/Gambling etc.Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Teams of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
 
 
       You are advised to contact Barrister Henry Green, As he is our Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA). contact him immediately for your CHEQUE worth the total sum of US$8,500,000 ( Eight Million Five Hundred United State Dollars) This funds are in DRAFT Form for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you via DHL courier company and you can clear the CHEQUE in any bank of your choice in your country.
 
 
Contact Him immediately for your cheque Delivery with the following information.
 
 
1. Full name:
2. Your Country:
3. Address where you want him to send the cheque(P.O Box not acceptable)
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. Marital Status:
7. Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Age:
10. Passport :
 
 
Person to Contact: Barrister Henry Green (contact agent)
Email: barrister.henrygreen@yandex.ru
Phone Number: +2347030855075
 
 
       Give him your File Reference (RE-0017-UN) and you are free to contact him via telephone number, it will be better to call him and once you do that he will ask you of your File Reference number which is (RE-0017-UN), this file reference number is very important and gives him access to get through to your file and email you back quickly once he confirms your email and your delivery details.
 
 
Thanks for adhering to this instructions and once again accept our congratulations.
 
 
Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place,
Mr. António Guterres Secretary-General United Nations (UN)....
http://www.un.org/sg/

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