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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: <shawn.henry.louvisa@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:46:35 +0100
Subject: IMF GRANT PAYMENT 2011

DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS,
UNITED-NATIONS INCONJUNCTION WITH THE (/IMF)
RE-UNION ASSISTED RECONCILIATION PROGRAMME DIRECTORATE
OF INTERNATIONAL CASH PAYMENT DELIVERY WITH IMMUNITY
CLEARANCE ON ALL YET UN-PAID FOREIGN OWED PAYMENT UNIT,
Our Ref: UN//IMF/UK-NG/APPROVED-PLAN/JAN-2011.
8 Tor View Rawtenstall, Lancashire
England BB4 6, United Kingdom.
TEL/FAX: +-44-787-228-2406




SUB: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA CASH DELIVERY.

Attn:Beneficiary,

I am Barr:Mr Henry Shawn, the newly appointed director general incharge of
approving & releasing all owed yet unpaid\Un-released foreign payments and also
the special adviser to the United-Nation fighting against the un-neccesary
delays of beneficiaries yet unclaimed payment including yours which was recently
discovered this week that has not yet been paid to you by the present BRITISH
GOVERNMENT after series of investigation conducted.

I am delighted whole heartedly to inform you that the contract/Inheritance panel
of the UN, which just concluded it’s seating in London federal capital territory
just released your (E-mail Id & Name) among the currently approved beneficiaries
who are to benefit 100% from this very diplomatic immunity 1st First quater
payment of the year. This panel was primarily delegated to investigate and to
genuinely manipulated all owed debts and claims as it has eaten deep into the
economy of the Great Britain-London.

However, i wish to personally bring to your urgent notice, so that you will be
aware that your yet unclaimed payment data's is still reflecting in our central
computer as unpaid and un-claimed owed debt in my department where i newly work
as the new appointed (UN) lawyer incharge of approving & releasing of all yet
unpaid debts recently recovered back by the (UN) office in london been our
branch after discovering that your payment has been delayed un-neccessary due to
one reason or another while auditing was going on this week. Your own file was
personally forwarded to my executive office by the chief auditors of the (UN) as
an unclaimed fund.

At this moment, I wish to use this medium of communication to inform you that
for the time being the (UN) has completely stopped further payment through bank
to bank transfer, Atm Card,Bank Draft or Check Payment due to numerious
petitions received from the united states home-land security, the FBI, IMF and
other financial and security agenices to UK Government against our banks on
wrong payment and diversion of innocent beneficiaries owed funds to a different
account.

In this regards, I am going to use my good office now to send you your just
approved part-payment in the tune of $7.5M (Seven million five hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) only by cash to you via a special (UN) universal
diplomatic delivery means to you. In process of doing that, i will personally
secure every needed documents as the newly appointed lawyer representing the
(UN) office now to cover the money including the affidavit to claim of this
particular yet unclaimed payment from our federal high court here in London
which will bestow the right and privilege to you as the rightful beneficiary who
is to recieve this payment after meeting up with the delivery requirement as the
British law stipulate. All these will be done perfectly only on the condition
that you will give me 10% of the funds we are about disbursing to you which is
SEVEN hundrend and fifty Thousand United States dollars only out of the $7.5
million you are to receive as soon as you receive the mone
y which will coming to you.

Note: The money will be coming on 2 security proof trunk boxes. The funds are
already sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine by the
management of this organiziation and i also want you to know that the management
are not aware of my plans with you in this transaction, so you have to keep it a
top secrect till me and you are able to conclude this very transaction. This
fund was brought to us from the World Bank special delegates because the funds
itself was meant for our local afem market here in the UK.

But you don't have to worry for any thing that need to be taking care of here in
London, as this transaction is 100% risk free and will remain legit as long as
you work with me transparently. The boxes are coming with a diplomatic agent
asigned by the management of this organiziation by Diplomat" who will accompany
the boxes to your house address or any address you will provide to me for this
transaction to enable us complete. All you need to do now upon your willing
acceptance on my condition, is to send to me a guarantee that you will give me
10% of the funds as soon as you receive the $7.5M, and your full house address
and your identity such as, international passport or driver’s license including
your personal contact phone numbers which must be a working numbers, the
diplomatic attached will travel with it.

He will call you immediately he arrives in your country's airport to update you
and I hope you understand each and every point that i've made clear to you in
this email message am sending you.

WARNNING/ADVISE: Please note carefully that any money requested from you by
anybody,office,banks or group of people from Africa/Nigeria or any part of the
world to receive your payment expect the United-Nation Appointed Commission
Office (UK), presently incharge of recovering all un-necessary delayed yet
unclaimed owed debts payments, whom the FBI, IMF and other financial agencies
have irrevocably approved that should serve you better and ensure you receive
your payment this time around, so kindly note that any money sent by you to any
office in Africa/Nigeria is at your OWN RISK, so stay away from any other
office, person or group of people and face only the United-Nation Appointed
Approved Payment Disbursing High Commission Office only till your payment gets
to you safely through LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT,LOUISIANA.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: for security reasons and to enable the both of us conclude
this transaction successfully, note that the diplomat coming with the
consignment boxes will not know the original contents inside the boxes he his to
delivery to you. So what l and our accredited management will declare to him
that is inside the consignment boxes is a sensitive photographic film material
and classified volume confidential company's contract documents.

Also note categorically that, before i proceed with the next arrangement, you
are advice to respond back to me immediately on email address , so we can talk
and agree first before i seal this transaction with you and if you have any
question to ask for more clarification before and remember to send the required
informations directly to my Email address and I will let you know how far I have
gone with the arrangement. I will secure the diplomatic immunity clearance
certificate that will be tagged on the boxes to make it stand as a diplomatic
consignment. This clearance will make it pass custom checking point here in
London without any hitch. All this I will do with my own money as your partner..

I need your urgent reply via my email address , because the boxes are scheduled
already to live immediately as soon as I hear from you today. You should confirm
immediately you receive this message through my Email: i will send you my
confidential telephone number as soon as i receive your immediate respond today.



I am highly submitted and willing to serve you better whole-heartedly.
Congratulations Once AGAIN.

Highly Submitted.

Respectfully Yours in-service,
Barrister Mr Henry ,Shawn
(UN) Human Right Activist

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