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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 Compensation Dept." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <christopherweaverjones@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:37:00 -0700
Subject: United Nations (Compensation Payment in Progress)

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL
COMPENSATION UNIT
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
L-248
NEW YORK, NY 10017

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAM
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX028



Attention; Beneficiary,

Due to the large numbers of petitions received by my Office as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, we are appalled by the enormous fraudulent activities going on in the West Africa, Europe and Asia sub-regions as regard payment for Service delivery for projects executed by International Contractors and Inheritance funds due to their Next of Kins and or relatives. We have discovered despite beneficiaries of Approved funds having met the minimum Legal requirements necessary for the re-imbursement of their entitlement into their various bank account, the Security Agents in concert with some unnamed Top Government Officials in collaboration with some Diplomats have been frustrating the crediting of their bank accounts by demanding outrageous fees as a gratification before granting their approvals. This Modus Operandum has negatively affected the cost of doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa and continues to lead to its further under-development..

In a bid to find a solution to this impasse, we have during our recent retreat mandated His Excellency, Mr.Kofi Annan, the Immediate past Secretary General to constitute a body of Experts with the purpose of reviewing every claims of funds beneficiaries from Africa and thereafter approving a considerable compensatory sum to be paid to the applicants. The aforementioned body has been constituted in Accra – Ghana and we are by this notice informing you to immediately forward your claims for Compensation to the under mentioned Officer;

Mr.Christopher Weaver
United Nations Information Center
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Liberia Roads
P. O. Box GP 2339
Accra, Ghana
Email : christopherweaverjones@gmail.com


Your Letter of claim should include the following details;

1) Full names and Complete address
2) Place of origin/Nationality
3) Date of Birth
4) From which Country/Organization are you expecting your funds?
5) Total sum owed as of this day.
6) Total amount expended by you as of today towards securing the release of your funds

Please note that this Memo is intended only for the following category of persons;

1) International/foreign contractors who have successfully executed their Contracts but are still expecting their payments
2) Individuals who have inherited a considerable amount of funds but due to Governmental/bureaucratic challenges common in Sub-Saharan Africa has not yet been paid.
3) Individuals/Groups of persons who have one way or the other been involved with transactions with Governments/Banks/Diplomats in Sub Saharan Africa but have not yet been fully reimbursed. e.t.c. and
4) Individuals/Groups of persons suspecting of having been scammed in the past


We are committed to paying each qualified applicant a minimum of 80% of their expected funds as Compensation from the United Nations if their claims are found to be true after verification.


Regards,

Suzaane Whitetaker Mrs.
For: Secretary General
United Nations
New York.
http://www.un.org/en/

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