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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: "BAN KI MOON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitednationn.org12@live.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:44:09 -0800
Subject: STOP ORDER FROM THE UNITED NATIONS?

(INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND
TRANSFERS.870 LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM
Email :unitednation1216@live.com



Attention;Beneficiary

I saw your email and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract /inheritance payment. Secondly.Your email appeared among the beneficiaries,who will receive a ther -payment of your contractual sum and has been approved already for months. You are requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund. your fund is redy for delivring to your home address so you have to get back to me now and you have to stop what ever you have with the scammers is that okay by you.


However, we received an email from one Mrs ROSE WILLIAM who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last week. He has also submitted us for is fund to him including his International passport, and before you died, you instructed him to come for the claim of your funds in the tune of 35 Million Dollars.we want to hear from you before we can deliver the funds to him.we want to confirm if you are dead or not Mrs ROSE WILLIAM is claiming to us that you were dead and have instructed he to make a change of ownership to your funds before your death,thereby providing us with is information to deliver the funds to him.He has also submitted us for is fund to him is the home information him send to us for the transfering of the fund to him.

USA
WACHOVIA, Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Address : 2001 58th Avenue, Fl. 32966
Contact person: Mrs ROSE WILLIAM
Tel. 1-772 778 6138
Fax. 1-772 778 6091
IBAN: 1010115104563
SWIFT/BIC = P N B P U S 3 3


Once again, I apologize to you on behalf of SECRETARY UNITED NATIONS,for failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been long overdue.Please recomfirm to me immediately if you have authorised for the transfering of your fund to Mrs ROSE WILLIAM,

i)Did you authorize Mrs ROSE WILLIAM to come for your claim?
ii) Are you truly dead?We wait for your urgent response today

CONGRATULATIONS,
MR. BAN KI-MOON,
SECRETARY UNITED NATIONS



,CONGRATULATIONS,

MR. BAN KI-MOON,
SECRETARY UNITED NATIONS

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