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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Williams Baron" <office_baron@excite.com>
Reply-To: williams.baron@special-duties.org
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:18:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: To the Beneficiary.


From Mr. Williams BaronDirector Special Duties, United Nations OrganizationIn Conjunction with the International Monetary FundWorld Bank Fact-Finding &amp; Special Duties OfficeLondon, United Kingdom.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++IMMEDIATE PAYMENT FOR CONTRACT #.MAV/UNO/WBO/LM-05-371**#.UNO/WBO LM-05-371****ORDERING CONTRACTOR**"UNO/WBO" – SG To the Beneficiary,The World Bank Group, in conjunction with the United Nations Organization, hereby receive your payment with reference number #.MAV/UNO/WBO/LM-05-371 amounting to US$ 15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million United State Dollars). From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the United Nations Organization, Your Company is next on the list of outstanding contractors who are to receive their payments. According to information gathered from the UNO's human resource database we were notified that your payment is ready to be transferred to your account and i
therefore wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the following:(1) Your Full Name:(2) Phone, Fax and Mobile Number:(3) Company Name, Address and Position:(4) Profession, Age and Marital status.As soon as this information is received, your payment will be processed and transfer will be made into your account immediately from the international fund remittance department. For more information and clarifications do not hesitate to reach me either via my private Email address, Telephone or Fax as soon as you receive this notice.Congratulations.Best Regards,MR. WILLIAMS BARONTel: +44-70-3195-6726Fax: +44-87-0912-7823+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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