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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, NEW YORK" <info@unitednations.com.org>
Reply-To: captjames.willi1989@fastwebmail.it
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:50:46 +0000
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT



UNITED NATIONS
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT U NIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary
general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon ,and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS
monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund,
recommended and approved in your favour.During the course of our
investigation,
we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their
private accounts,to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in
the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD this
will enable
only you have direct Control over this fund, we will handle this payment
ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of
the bank.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the
presidency. We are happy to inform you that based on our
recommendation/instructions;your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited in
your favor through ATM card.You are therefore advice to send your
contact details to REV ROGER HEDGES International Audit unit, United Nations
Liaison Office in West Africa Lagos Nigeria: EMAIL:
reverenddoctor.rogerhedges@yahoo.com.hk
TELEPHONE:+234-81-36564797 to collect your original payment slip with your
ATM card.

They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM
machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand
dollars per a day.So if you like to receive your funds through this means,
kindly let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the
following information as stated below to them as directed above.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES, PHONE AND FAX NUMBER NO
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO (P.O BOX NOT
ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
4. Home Equity {YES OR NO}



NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV HEDGES WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT
DETAILS.AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $8.3
MILLION THE
REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE. YOU ARE ALSO TO FURNISH HIM WITH A
COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ANY VALID SIGN OF IDENTIFICATION

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment
effectively thereby making contact with Rev. (Dr) Roger Hedges as directed to
avoid further delay. You are also advised to call him on phone immediately you
sent him an email or immediately you received this message to discuss
more with him
about your payment.

CONGRATULATIONS.
CAPT. JAMES C. WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK

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