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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: "MR. MARK WINNIE" <unitednationemissary@w.cn>
Reply-To: un.nation.emissary@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:08:26 +0200
Subject: UNITED NATION EMISSARY



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UNITED NATION EMISSARY
(UN Contract inheritance Foreign Payment Revolution Bureau)
Central Bank of Nigeria> Annex Building , 6th Floor Suite 11 - 14,
Tinubu Square , Lagos – Nigeria
Tel./Fax 234-1-4530551


ATTN: BENEFICIARY,


NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT OF YOUR OVER DUE FUND


Consequent to the reports and clamoring made to the World Bank and United Nation by some Foreign contractors, to impose a sanction and close credit links to the Federal Government of Nigeria as a result of the non-payment of the contracts and inheritance fund with the federal government of Nigeria in consonant with the incessant nefarious activities of some corrupt Directors in their Governmental Ministries and the Central Bank of Nigeria who engages themselves in the illicit act of extorting illegitimate fees from foreign contractor for their personal enrichment without transferring the said approved fund to the beneficiary.

It was in view of this ugly development that the Secretary General of the United Nation, MR. BAN KI-MOON in his platform for dialogue and Facilitating Cooperation in the International Law ,International Security ,Economic Development ,Social progress , human Right Achieving of World Peace, the World Bank Delegates after a bilateral crucial meeting held on 11TH June,2010 with the New President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr GoodLuck Jonathan, Religious leaders and Human Right Renaissance Legion unanimously set up the United Nation Emissary to study, verify and audit all the affected foreign contractors Payment file.

Therefore, please be informed that during our routine scrutiny and verification of your entire official paper claim as contained in your approved payment file, It was clear and evidenced that you are the bonafide beneficiary of this approved payment. But much to my astonishment, yesterday we received application for change of your former bank account through your new Attorney who claimed to be acting on your mandate. He submitted the under-mentioned new bank data as your new receiving bank account: CHASE MANHATTAN BANK – NEW YORK U.S.A - ACCOUNT #. 01-87491-007 - ACCOUNT NAME: ELMER G . BURRUS . So please confirm to our Director in Central Bank of Nigeria if you mandated your Attorney to do so to avoid wrong payment to ghost contractors/Beneficiaries .

Note that the Federal Government of Nigeria has earmarked the sum of Ten Million United States Dollars for the payment of all the affected foreigners whose fund is being held in Nigeria and other African Countries .

Therefore be informed that we have approved a partial Payment to be effected via the Central bank correspondence bank abroad ABBEY NATIONAL BANK UNITED KINGDOM.

Please contact U.N Liaison office in ABBEY NATIONAL BANK OF UK to obtain your FOR-EX ALLOCATION NUMBERS, SEQUENCE ORDER, CONTACT PERSON AT THE off-shore bank AND OTHER RELEVANT FUND RELEASE INFOR.


Your Full name and address your bank name and address , the amount you are expecting ,any fund ownership documents you have with you to prove the authenticity of your claim confirm this immediately to

Contact Person: ABBEY NATIONAL Liaison Director
NAME = REV JOHN CAMPBELL (Director)
TELEPHONE: +447931135360
E- MAIL: abbeynban.uk@info.al

Calls allow only on bank working hours.



Finally, we are sorry for all the inconveniences you might have suffered in the hands of some corrupt officials in Nigerian/India Government parasitical in the process of claiming your fund.


Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

MR. MARK WINNIE (CHAIRMAN)
UNITED NATIONS EMISSARY [SITTING IN ]
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA .

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