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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 & WORLD BANK GROUP" <info@unitednations.gov.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: rev.swagartjames09@inmail.sk
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:34:09 +0100 (CET)
Subject: United Nations Funds Recovery




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Attn: Beneficiary,





This body is aware of the rate in which contractors, Lottery Winners, Next
of Kins claimant are been deprived of their right to claim their funds
from various bank and some financial institutions globally.Be well
informed this body has set up this committee to foresee and enforce all
such payments to all observed and confirmed claimant hence we contact you
as approved.You are hereby advised to immediately after receiving this
message, reconfirm to us, your Full Name,contact Address and Telephone
numbers for easy contact as to enable us conclude and direct and enforce
your payment to be released to you. Also state the amount you are to claim
the reasons of the delays for the claims as to enhance our enforcement as
we have observed your funds in the Total of usd$6.5 (six Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States dollars).





Send the information required to our remittance officer with the following
address:



Contact Name: Rev James Swagart.




Contact Email: rev.swagartjames09@inmail.sk


Telephone Number: +234 70 2809 4608




Once he gets the information complete, we will make sure the payment will
be enforced to be released to you to avoid more delays hence this
committee is working 24hrs to achieve this notable objectives for we have
observed that almost all the financial institutions globally is giving
claimants stressful conditions before their funds is been released to
them.You are hereby advised to immediately reply with the said info for
the releases of your ! payment as advised as we will make sure your
payment is made to you ba sed on your detail information.We advice you to
stop henceforth communicating with the offices involve and give us the
information as advised to enhance for the releases of your total payment.
Into your nominated bank account now we have taking over the payment.





KEEP THIS PROCESS WITHIN YOURSELF AND COMPLY AS ADVICED AND SEND TO US
YOUR CONTACT INFO INCLUDING THE DETAIL INFO AS WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THEM
BY SURPRISE FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST.



MIKE WATTS,
HEAD OF OPERATIONS DEBT RECOVERY.

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