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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: Frank Peterson <frank_001peterson@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: andrew415wolley@latinmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:39:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ATTENTION MY DEAR FRIEND


YOUR REF:MY GOOD FRIEND,

WORLD BANK GROUP AND UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION do hereby give this
irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/02/00 in your
favor
for your contract entitlement/award winning payment with the UNITED
NATION to your nominated bank account. Now you’re new Payment,United
nations Approval No;UN5685P,White House Approved No:WH44CV, Reference
No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331 , Pin Code No:
55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code
No:
0763; Immediate Citibank Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code
No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment number , therefore
You
are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the United
Nation immediately within the next 72hrs.

As a matter of fact, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with
MR. ANDREW WOLLEY, DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE CITIBANK OFUNITED
KINGDOM,with the help and monitory team from the CITIBANK OF NEW YORK
which is our official remitting bank, Committee On Foreign Payment
Matters in United Nation, has look up to make sure you receive your
fund
valued $8.3m. So contact: MR. ANDREW WOLLEY on his contact
information,Direct Citibank Telephone No +44-704-5765962 ,Fax
Number:+44 845 280
1328,Email: andrew415wolley@latinmail.com for immediate release of
your
contract/inheritance/Award Winning claim Be informed that you are not
allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, You are
required
to send bellow information for your transfer.


1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS,CITY,STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PHONE,FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME(IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) BANK DETAILS:
6) PROFESSION,AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
7) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:

NOTE: YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT/COMMUNICATION CODE WITH CITIBANK
IS(511),YOU ARE ADVICE TO SEND YOUR FULL BANKING INFORMATION TO THE
CITIBANK OF
LONDON INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DIRECTOR HEADED BY MR ANDREW WOLLEY
AND
MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK WITH HIM, WITH YOUR NEW PAYMENT CODE FOR RELEASE
OF
YOUR PAYMENT AND SEND HIM ALL YOUR BANKING INFORMATION NOW. CONTACT
CODE(511)

OFFICER:MR ANDREW WOLLEY.
POSITION:DIRECTOR,INTL,REMITTANCE CITIBANK LONDON.
TELEPHONE OFFICE/BANK:44-702-408-3660, 44-7045765962
FAX NUMBER:+ 44 845 280 1328
EMAIL: andrew415wolley@latinmail.com


SIR FRANK PETERSON.
(CHAIRMAN COMMITTE ON FOREIGN CONTRACT/AWARD WINING PAYMENT UNITED
NATION AND USA GOVERNMENT)



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