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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: "unitednation10@terra.es" <unitednation10@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:46:41 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Directoriate of Intl' payments & Transfers


=20
=20
UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
Directoriate of Intl' payments & Transfers
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY
10017WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNITED NATIONS
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027



Attn:

Re:UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME

The UNITED NATIONS in conjunction with the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION =
and also the METRO POLICE OF Nigeria, held a meeting last month concerning =
some of the foreign contractors and also lottery winners whose payment is d=
ue both in the foreign and local level that has notbeen able to claim there=
payment with the rightful office due to the fact that they have been conta=
cting the wrong office just to claim there payment and at the end, they end=
up not getting there payment.

On going through contractors file yesterday, we discovered that your file w=
as dumped untreated,so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your=
payment and please stop communicating with any Office now and attention to=
the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly.

The UNITED NATIONS OFFICE have actually been authorized by the presidency R=
epublic of Nigeria and the governing board of central bank of Nigeria and t=
he government of England to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payme=
nt, Recommended and approve your claims for payment if certified as Genuine=
. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that yo=
ur payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank =
who are Trying to divert your money into their private accounts, to forest =
all this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your persona=
l Identification number (PIN) and your transfer access Code(T.A.C), this wi=
ll enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also agreed =
with the Presidency and the government of ENGLAND that we will handle this =
payment ourselves and also the cost of transfering the said fund into you=
r account to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the c=
entral bank of Nigeria and all bodies involve.

Be also informed that you are to pay back to the United nations/Nigerian Go=
vernment 10% of your total fund as agreed after our considerations.The only=
fee you are to send upfront is only $100 with the following informations a=
s understated:

Name: MR. ROBERT LOKEY,address: 2323 LINCOLN BL., SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA,=
90405 and country of origin: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.This information is =
very important as the payment informtion bearing your detailed information =
will be keep with us as possible trace to you once you have recieved your f=
und and fail to return the 10% agreed upon.

The UNITED NATIONS OFFICE obtained payment guarantee on your Payment from t=
he presidency and the Government of England we are happy to inform you that=
based on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund ha=
s been credited in your favor through our overseas paying bank. You are the=
refore advice send to contact barr paul nze of the international Audit uni=
t, United Nations Liaison Office Branch Nigeria. Contact Person: Name: barr=
paul nze(Director of International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Bran=
ch Office Nigeria) Email Address( barr.paul_nze@yahoo.com ) You are to con=
tact him as immediately you receive this notice to collect your original pa=
yment slip with your pin and transfer access code. As soon as you submit th=
ese codes and your payment slip to your bank they will credit your account=
without delay.

NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming calls=
and emails, if westill find out that you are still dealing with all those=
fraudsters that have been frustrating you for years, The authority shall s=
top and cancel your payment immediately.YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV JONE=
S SMITH WITH YOUR CORRECT: CONTACT ADDRESS #803 2121 Rose st.Regina sk.S4P=
3Y1 & PHONE NUMBER, 306-546-3088 BANKING DETAILS Conexus Credit Union,Plaz=
a Branch 1801 Hamilton st. Suite 110 PO Box 1960 Stn Main Regina SK. S4P4M1=
OR OPTION ON HOW YOU WANT YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT.THIS HAS TO BE DONE IN =
ORDER TO AVOID TRANSFER
OF THIS FUND INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this paym=
ent effectively.=20
=20
Dr Lyods Lewin
United nations accredited
Representative- Nigeria


Please Reply to: barr.paul_nze@yahoo.com=20
Copyright =C2=A9 2008 United Nations World Bank Assisted Programme.(UNWBAP)=
.=20
All Rights ReservedRC NO: 546342





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