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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: "UN-IMF WORLD-BANK" <un-imf16@operamail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:54:13 +0100
Subject: RE:UN-IMF/WORLD BANK/01/09/10/NOTIFICATION

UN-IMF/WORLD BANK OFFICE.
P.O.BOX 145, NIMA AVENUE, NORTH RIDGE
ACCRA GHANA
e-mail: official.msg@hotmail.com




RE:UN-IMF/WORLD BANK/01/09/10/NOTIFICATION


Attention : Beneficiary.


We have been having series of meetings for the past seven (7) months which just ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATION presided. This e-mail notification is to all that had an unfinished transactions or have been victims of scam in any part of the world.

The UNITED NATION in Affiliation with IMF/WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate you with this lump sum of US$ 1,950.000.00 (One Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty- Thousand United States Dollars Only) for self support, this is regarding the draws the outgoing secretary General organized before he left the office to help individuals to own a self charity organization, also for you to build your personal company/organization so as to help the less privileged in the society.

This includes every foreign contractor that may have not received their contract inheritance sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government's bad payment method and World Financial crisis that characterized the past, we also extend this compensation exercise to victims of HURRICANE, EARTHQUAKE, GOLD DUST TRANSACTIONS, WAR DISPLACED AND AGED.

Your name was nominated and selected by the Senate Screening body to benefit from this compensation exercise and that is why we are legally and officially contacting you, this has been agreed upon and have been signed, you are therefore advised to contact the UN,IMF/WORLD BANK financial attorney in Accra Ghana, African Regional paying outlet, Barr. Franklin Mensah Alumni of ALUMNI CHAMBERS on this e-mail address: alumnnichambers.gh@alumni.com for verifications and processing of your payment file followed by payment.

Be further informed that we have other payment outlets in Scotland and London UK, Washington Dc, Lyons ,France, Brussels, Madrid Spain etc but your own payment was programmed via Accra Ghana in West Africa where we have cash FOREX reserve for now.

I sincerely apologized on behalf of my organization for any delay you might have encountered in receiving your fund in the past and hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your payment.

Truly Yours
Mr. Adams Jamil, office of the Secretary General,
Ban Ki-Moon (Announcer)
http://www.unorg/sg

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