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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: Pastor Stephen Moore <smooreunitoffice2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:04:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: MAIL FOR YOU PLEASE.


Pastor Stephen Moore,
Special Delegate/Monitoring Envoy,
Newly Inaugurated Committee on Debt Payment (NICDP).
London, United Kingdom the United Nation Organization (UNO),
(Mission on debt recovery and payment).





BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS,





Following the recent broadcast of the United Nation Organization Secretary
General (Ban Ki Moon) during his visit to the United Nation General
Assembly in New York (UNGA), his speech to the united Nation, couple with
recommendation and resolution of his last visit to South Africa, Britain,
France, the senate committee has mapped out a total sum of $7.5 MILLION to
settle all outstanding debts owned to all beneficiaries. It has therefore
become imperative for us to explore our options for reducing our debt
servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels to avoid being
affected with the current global financial crisis. In any case, we hope
that you will not turn down this offer or ignore this opportunity to
receiving your long overdue payment. Well, I know it may be hard to
believe at this stage, considering your sad experiences of the past, which
the concerned authorities responsible for the release of your fund mislead
you and also misplaced your files thereby letting out some useful
information to the public. This explains why you receive emails, faxes and
calls from different people across the globe promising to assist you. The
officials you are dealing with now are misleading you under the pretense
of rendering all needed assistance aimed at releasing your request for the
claims of your fund. From all observations, I believe that you must have
lost trust on who to believe that is genuine regarding the faxes, email
messages and calls you have been receiving. Your funds have been approved
under the able supervision of the United Nation Committee on debt recovery
and payment. Anyway, we do not leave in the past but rather learn a lesson
from the events of the past. I have been monitoring the stress which both
foreign &local beneficiaries/contractors underwent and want you to believe
in my revelation, which can only come to pass if you can be wise enough to
know that you were taken for a long ride by those fake crooks in Africa
that personate themselves as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Charles Soludo several Accountant General of the Federation, next of Kin
claim from London, Attorneys! / Barristers, Offshore Officials from across
The globe, lottery winning claims that was not paid, United kingdom
companies seeking for representative on behalf of their companies,gold
purchase transactions, e.t.c, which we have forward the list of names sent
by foreign clients (like you) to us to the task force on fraud malpractice
for appropriate action to be taking on them. Well, with my position
presently, as the a the senate committee head and a God fearing man of
God, I will by-pass certain official bureaucracy to make sure that your
fund are signed out for payment from the various ministries without
further delays both in Africa and London.





Finally, be informed that these officials will go to any length to see
that they convince you not to communicate with us; however I will advice that for your own interest avoid them to stop further damage to your humble self. All the transaction details will be coordinated from my office here in London, after which I will send a correspondence to the apex bank concerned. I believe that your nightmares will be over if you are ready to adhere to my advice on the way forward in retrieving this
payment.





Yours faithfully,
Pastor Stephen Moore,
Special Delegate/Monitoring Envoy,
Newly Inaugurated Committee On Debt Payment (NICDP).
London, United Kingdom.





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