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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: "FROM UNITED NATION SECRETARY GENERAL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitednation9999k@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:03:19 +0100
Subject: DEAR FUND BENEFICIARY TREAT THIS MAIL URGENT

UNITED NATIONS INCONJUCTION WITH
WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT TRANSFERS
NO.34 VIRGINIA STR,LONDON E98 1XY LONDON, ENGLAND.
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT.
TELEPHONE: +44-702-405-1559
FAX:44-796-098-237-01
 
YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT $15.7 MILLION FOR SETTLEMENT
 
Attention Honorable Beneficiary.
 
This is to officially inform you that as the new Secretary General of United Nations,that I have dully authorized the newly appointed Cabinets of UN and the Governing body of the {IMF} International Monetary Fund, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance payment at the tune of $15.7 Million United States Dollars, which supposed have been release to you by Barclays Bank London England since 2006 according to the documents handed over to me by my Predecessor, meanwhile all the Concerned Documents has been approved but still yet your fund where not release to you by the Barclays Bank London.as a matter of fact after the Investigations it was discovered that it was due to the lack of supervision on the side of the last Administration of this office,hence they ignore the approximate masure according to our findings.
 
Also we are informing you that Since the {IMF} International Monetary Fund Law on inheritance transaction approvals with {WORLD BANK} after the Terrorism attack of Washington and to abide by the US Law on Financial Related Matters Act 2000 as Amended 2005,that Clean Bills Verifications Certificate must be instigated before final transfer of any inheritance or Contract payment above Five Million United States Doillars, Meanwhile it has been made mandatory by the New United State President Obama who stated that all oustanding funds shall be release into the Beneficiaries accounts to reduce the international fund crises, as he insisted that this must be done after the paying Bank has Confirm their Clearance Certificate,in norshell your $15.7Million United States Dollars has been with Barclays Bank London England, you are advised to contact this office immediately to obtain these two Clean Bill Certificates.
 
Please indicate your banking co-ordinates for the transfer of your Inheritance fund, together with this your transfer code {RK 516 SV} as you should keep it secret hence it is your payment transfer code when Contacting the Barclays Bank for release of your fund,meanwhile you are advice to stop any Communication with Nigerians especially in case you are having any Conversation with any one there to avoid had I know as a matter of urgency you are to concentrate in this office alone till you receive your fund soon,secondly we have obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the ministry of finance and office of the accountant General .
 
You are thereforerequired to Re- Confirm to us the following informations to enable us reconcile and facilitate the release of Clean Bill Certificate.
 
1) Your full name:
2) Your house address:
3) Phone number (mobile should be included):
4) Company name, position and address:
5) Profession, age and marital status:
6) COPY OF YOUR INTL PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:
 
As soon as you submit the requested information, payment instruction would be given to the authorized paying bank to credit your nominated bank account upon the final approval from the UN Secretary General.
Note, you are required to forward the required informations to this office immediately.
 
We expect your urgent response to this regard to enable us monitor this payment effectively.
 
Regards
 
Dr. Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary General

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