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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anderson_daviclaims11@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:37:20 -0700
Subject: FROM UNITEDNATION ORGANISATION (URGENT

Dear Beneficiary,

This letter is brought to you from the UN. It is to inform you that I have
paid the fee for your Cheque Draft remaining only the custom clearance fee
to be paid, Due to the fact that the manager of Bank of Scotland told me
that before the cheque will expire before it gets to you, so I told him to
cash 10.5M Pounds Sterling in light of that fact. All the necessary
arrangement of delivering the10.5M Pounds Sterling in cash has been
successfully made with the UNITED NATION DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.Here is the
information they need to enable them deliver your package to you
immediately they arrive in your country with your Box of Consignment.
.
YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR HOME ADDRESS:
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE/MOBILE NUMBER:
A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE OR PASSPORT:

Please make sure you send this needed information to the Managing Director
who is "Andrew Smith" with his below contact details.

Attn: Andrew davis (PhD)
Phone: +44 70457 31056
Email: info@initednations-org.tk
I registered it as a Box of cloth without anyones notice to avoid delay in
the delivery of your Box of consignment in your country. I await your
urgent response for further steps and guidelines to enable the successful
delivery of your Box of Consignment (10.5M Pounds Sterling).

Be guided accordingly
Chartered Secretary
UNITED NATIONS

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