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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: "UN/WORLD BANK" <jasonking.carter@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.albertw@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:13:08 -0500
Subject: Congratulations,..,


2017 LAST QUARTER
United Nations Grant Allocation,
405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA.

***PAYING AGENT:UN ACCREDITED BANKS/CALL-CASH DELIVERY.
***TRANSCODE: 311/IV-W120/Eclear-X1/17
***Qualification No: UN-HS/CCF/777/2016/1774
***AMOUNT: $4,700,000.00 USD.
***REF: UN/HS/01142/17
***Batch No: 100-919-16-047

Dear Winner.

Congratulations as you have been nominated for our Last Quarter of the year/37th Anniversary grant/donation in the business, economic, social and research development category. This Category is the most prestigious of all grant awards given out by our organization this year. It is being sponsored by the well-meaning and esteemed donors.

United Nation & World Bank Children Charity Foundation had since 1999 been giving out grants to individuals/organizations from different parts of the world. In our usual tradition of selecting grant nominees, random selections of individuals/organizations where drawn via automated electronic selected from millions of Internet and transactions documented worldwide with UN DELIVERY COMPANY'S/MILITARY DESKTOP,LOCATIONS and your email was drawn among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$4,700,000 (Four million, Seven Hundred thousand United States Dollars) as charity donations/aid from the Children's Charity Foundation in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. Of the awarded Grant, US$3,000,000.00 (Three million US Dollars) is earmarked for community development services in any community of your choice and $1,700,000.00USD (One million, Seven hundred thousand United States dollars) will be solely for your personal business growth.

Your Grant Category will be disbursed for Immediate claims. You are required to contact back this office for the processing of your grant quoting your qualification number UN-HS/CCF/777/2017/1774:

On behalf of the CashAid Project Committee of the UN/WORLD BANK Children Charity Foundation kindly accept our warmest congratulations in advance.



Mr.Albert Williams
Grant Coordinator
(UN-WORLD BANK CashAid Project Committee CCF)

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