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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: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION LONDON <unitedn9@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dr.suzanhull@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:17:24 +0000
Subject: Your Payment Fact Finding From UN.





UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION,
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND, WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING &
SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
Office of the Director,
Special duties, 3 Whitehall Court,
London, SW1A 2EL
reference: **UNO/WBF LM-05-371**
**ORDERING CONTRACTOR: - UNO/WBF
BOX: - 13KG

Dear Beneficiary,

The World Bank Group, Fact Finding & Special Duties office In conjunction with the United Nations Organization, In collaboration with Barclays Bank London UK appointed Senior Accounts Officer ( Mr. Tony Trender, ) has received part of your pending payment with reference number (LM-05-371) amounting to US$ 10.5 Million (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) out of your contractual/inheritance funds from our ordering contractor Bank quoting reference to UNO/WBF LM 05-371, the said payment is been arranged in a Security-proof box weighing 25kg padded with synthetic nylon.

According to information gathered from the bank security computer we were notified that you have waited for so long to receive this payment without success, we also confirmed that you have not met all statutory requirements in respect of your pending payment.

You are therefore advised to contact our Payment Clearance Department to obtain necessary information to the Security Courier Service Company that is specialized in sending diplomatic materials and information from one country to another, which also has diplomatic immunity to carry consignment (Box) such as this.
This office has met with this Security Courier Service and concluded shipping arrangement with them, therefore shipment will commence as soon as we have your go ahead order. The diplomat who will be bring in this Consignment(Box) to you is an expert and has been in this line of work for many years now so you have nothing to worry about.

After all arrangements we have concluded that you must donate Two Hundred & Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (USD250, 000.00) to a charity organization we designate to you as soon as you receive your money. Meanwhile, the consignment box are presently deposited with a special security vault company until you indicate your willingness to donate the above mentioned amount to the charitable organization of our choice , then we shall link you up with the contact information of the security vault company for delivery arrangement of the consignment delivered to your door step. As soon as we receive your response with your full data we shall forward your particulars information to the security vault company for their record.

To this effect, in your response you should send to us a promissory note promising to donate the stated amount and also with your address where you will like the Box to be delivered. Please maintain top most secrecy as it may cause a lot of problems if found out that we are using this media to help you. Therefore you are advised not to inform anyone about this until you received your money.

As a matter of urgency, you are required to provide the following information to forge ahead with this project.

1* Full names
2* Direct phone and fax numbers
3* Company Name, and Address
4* Occupation
5* Marital Status
6* Age
7* Sex

The above requirement qualifies you for final remittance process of the received sum. Kindly reply to the stated email: dr.suzanhull@hotmail.com

Thank You.
Dr. Mrs Suzan L.Hull
Director,
Special Duties UNO/WBF



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