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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: International Development <johnson.alex053@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:13:05 +0200
Subject: DEAR FRIEND, REQUESTING YOUR ATTENTION!

Good Day Esteemed Beneficiary,


We are obliged to inform you that you attention is needed in a very
sensitive case which has been investigated upon.


First of all we deemed it most crucial in announcing the reimbursement
of international overdue payments which includes contracts and lotto
funds in our government treasury, which has not yet been disbursed to
their rightful beneficiaries.


In accordance with regulations of the International Trade and Contract
Act each year, all countries under the United Nations Organization are
reviewed, on the level of industrial and intellectual property rights
protection in all member nations.


With this accountability and transparency project in mind, it has come
to our notice from the UN, in investigating on your case in regards to
an overdue payment fund of yours amounting to Seven Million United
State Dollars ($7,000,000 USD) which your representative claims,
informing us you instructed him as a next of kin to claim your fund on
your behalf.


Please clarify us on this matter for the last time if you really
instructed Eng. Shen Park from Malaysia as your representative, to
claim this said fund on your behalf as we have been given the mandate
to verify and make sure disbursed funds don?t get into the hands of
wrong people.


Do contact our International Regulations Personnel Oliver Morgan on
oliver_morgan@w.cn immediately if you did not send anyone on your
behalf, to hint you on any further directives and information in
respect to this matter.


Regards,
Mrs. Janet A. Johnson,
FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
IMF IN CONJUCTION WITH THE UN.

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