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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 Compensations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drmichmoore1un@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:30:54 +0200
Subject: Change Of Your Account

Attention,

RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUNT.

The United Nations, security and investigation unit, together with other organization body has recently given vote of confidence to the Spanish President, and his Decision Making Body whom has appointed me Dr Michael Moore to Investigate your funds being held in three major existing SCAM countries like Nigeria, London and Dubai,to approve all outstanding debts owed to Foreign beneficiaries in this last quarter of the year 2010.

This decision was taken based on the inability of the BANKS in the above countries to Release your fund into your bank account, rather divert your funds into another foreign account of their choice overseas. In view of this, during our investigation I found out that an Account was submitted to divert your fund to a German account.

Below is the account submitted and I want you to confirm if you are aware of the new development because we are about effecting payment to the account stated bellow today:

Beneficiary: CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA
Bank: FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C No.: 367840545
Code: 50050201

Finally, be informed that a payment instruction has been issued and forwarded to the Treasury Department in favor of you for immediate release of your fund to the account above without any further prejudice. But there is no way we can approve the fund to your account without you confirming if you have changed your account to the above. contact me immediately for further instruction to transfer your fund to the above account today, if not your account, you are in obligation to obtain, a Duly Sworn Affidavit from USPIS Liaison Officer here in Spain, which will back up the Origin of your Fund. You should therefore contact our payee officer here to get the Sworn Affidavit for you.

Below is his contact information and NOTE THAT THE COST OF THE AFFIDAVIT IS 320usd ONLY and You are required to contact me together with the payment fee of 320usd and On behalf of the entire management of United Nations, we are congratulating you in advance and if you fail to contact this office on or before 24hrs, we will accept the above account and wire your rightful funds.

Contact Email: drmichmoore1un@aol.com

Thanks for your co-operation.

Waiting for your urgent response.

Yours faithfully
Dr Michael Moore
Un Office of Legal Affairs
Security and Investigation

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