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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 OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officeunitednations26@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:22:13 -0800
Subject: RE:UNITED NATIONS OFFICE

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE
801 SECOND AVENUE, 2nd FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA


Atten:



YOU HAVE TO CONTACT MR.TUNDE LEMO FOR YOUR ATM VISA CARD. DURING THE UNITED NATIONS MEETING ON 16TH TO 22ND NOV,2009 HELD AT ENGLAND WE CONCLUDED AND NOMINATED MR. TUNDE LEMO TO HANDEL THE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE ATM VISA CARD TO YOU.


YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT MR.TUNDE LEMO TODAY THROUGH HIS DIRECT PHONE NUMBERS OF BY E-MAILS;

MR. TUNDE LEMO
ATM VISA CARD ACTIVATION OFFICE NIGERIA
E-MAIL: mrtundelm48@gmail.com
or
atmvisacardofficenigeria@yahoo.com
PHONE: +234 8026055747


GET BACK TO THIS OFFICE ON A RETURN MAIL AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT THE ACTIVATION OFFICER.

THANKS

Mr. ANTHONY WALTON,
UN VICE CHAIRMAN

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