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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 (FOREIGN PAYING DEPT}" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitednations_1972@live.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:16:22 -0700
Subject: AWAITS YOUR RESPONCE ! UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION????

UNITED NATIONS
UNITED KINGDOM.
3 Whitehall Court,
London, SW1A 2EL
United Kingdom
TEL: +4408715036515
+4405603053391


HELO THE BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE CLAIM/CONTRACT PAYMENT
WHICH IS WITH A COMMERCIAL BANK IN LONDON HERE WHICH WE MONITOR FOR PROCESSING
AND APPROVAL IS READY TO BE RELEASED THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL BANK.SOME OF THESE
FUNDS ARE FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHICH YOU WERE TRYING FOR YEARS TO CLAIM
WITHOUT SUCCESS .IT IS PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT AN ISSUE OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD
HAVE COMMENCED WITH A FORMAL MEETING IN LONDON TO CLEAR DOUBTS AS MANY FRAUDS
ARE ALL OVER THE INTERNET, BUT DUE TO THE TIME FACTOR AND THE URGENCY THIS
MATTER REQUIRES, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR MAKING THE INITIAL CONTACT THROUGH
E-MAIL. MEAN WHILE, A MAN WITH BRITISH PASSPORT NUMBER 3028882234 CAME TO OUR
OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER OF AUTHORITY, CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE
REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS MATTER.

HERE IS HIS INFORMATION BELLOW:

NAME: MR JAMES JACKSON

BANK NAME: CITI BANK

ADDRESS: ARIZONA, USA.

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809008.

PLEASE, DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, WHETHER THIS MAN
IS FROM YOU TRUELY, SO THAT THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
PAYING THIS APPROVED FUND OF { $15.5M} INTO THE NOMINATED CITI BANK ACCOUNT .IF
THIS MAN IS NOT YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND RETURN
THIS INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES, SO THAT YOUR APPROVED CLAIM VALUED
US$15.5M DOLLARS ONLY WILL BE RE-APPROVED ON YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY OF
THE FUND.THIS FUND WAS AS A RESULT OF INHERTANCE FUND ON YOUR BEHALF AS THE
BENEFICAIRY OF IT. IT WAS DEPOSITED BY YOUR COUNTRY'S CITIZEN WHO DIED IN
TERRORIST ATTACK OF 9/11/2001 ON UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY BIN LADEN AND HIS
NETWORKING GROUP FOR YOUR COLLECTIONS.

1. YOUR NAME-----------------------------

2. YOUR ADDRESS -----------------------

3. YOUR TELEPHONE...........................

5. AGE.......................................

6. SEX--------------------------------

7. YOUR OCCUPATION..................

8.YOUR IDENTIFICATION----------------------------

9. YOUR BANK INFORMATION................................

AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE ABOVE DATA, WE SHALL COMMENCE WITH ALL NESSCCARY
PROCEEDURES IN OTHER TO RE-APPROVE THIS FUND ON YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS
OF THE COMMERCAIL BANK HERE IN LONDON WHO HANDLES ALL FOREIGN INHERITANCE
CLAIM,CONTRACT CLAIMS ETC. WE SHALL PROCEED WITH THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE
SAID MR JACKSON, IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY.YOU ARE ADVISED ALSO TO STOP ANY COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYBODY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR FUND TO AVOID FURTHER DISTRACTIONS.

BEST REGARDS.

DR . MIKE JOHNSON.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER (FOREIGN PAYING DEPT}
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN LONDON)

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