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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rogerhedges_unoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE NEW YORK <unoffice008_newyork@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 19:29:01 +0100 (BST)
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT






UNITED NATIONS
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
ATTN: Beneficiary,

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund, recommended and approved in your favour.

During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their private accounts, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also agreed with the Presidency that we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the presidency we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited in your favour through ATM card.

You are therefore adviced you send your contact to REV ROGER HEDGES International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office London EMAIL:rogerhedges_unoffice@yahoo.co.uk to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card.

They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine any part of the world, but the maximum is fifteen thousand dollars per a day.

therefore if you like to receive your funds through this means kindly let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the following information as stated below.

1. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
2.YOUR FULL NAME
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. Home Equity {YES OR NO}.



NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV HEDGES WITH YOUR CORRECTCONTACT DETAILS. AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $8.3 MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID LATTER.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable
us monitor this payment effectively..
CONGRATULATIONS.
CAPT. JAMES C. WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK


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