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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 Waiver Cert <unantifraud_waivercert_dept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:53:50 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: RE: PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD


United Nations Organisation
Department of Economic Alliance Group
United Kingdom and New York, NY, 10017
UN House - Plot 617/618 Diplomatic Drive
Central Area District Garki-Abuja Nigeria
Our
Ref: / UNO/EAG/UK/NY/882/921
Attention:
Honorable Beneficiary,
December 5th, 2011
 
RE: PAYMENT
ORDER VIA ATM CARD
 
We
have been authorized by the United Nations secretary general, and the governing
body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay
on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of
our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been
unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of several Banks, unauthorized
officials of various ministries cut-across the globe who are Trying to divert
your funds into their private accounts. Furthermore, they have perpetually and
continue to deceive you with the aid of bank Drafts, Cheques, Lottery, Money
order, bank to bank transfer, and consignments that involve traveling from one
place to another.
 
After
intensive consideration of your awful experience and with the need to ensure
the receipt of your fund hence, this body therefore advice that you desist from
whoever you are currently dealing with and forward a copy of every email you
received from them. This process will aid our secret investigation panel
working closely with FBI commence an immediate massive investigation to bring
those criminals to justice via INTERNATIONAL LAW OF COURT OF JUSTICE. To
forestall this, security for your funds will be organize in the form of your
personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD and this will enable only you to
have direct Control over your funds in the ATM CARD. Besides that, The Federal
government under the mandate of UNITED NATIONS has approved the sum of
$20,000,000.000 (Twenty million United States dollars) to be paid to eligible
contractors via ATM CARD. This payment will be monitored under the watchful
eyes of above mentioned secret agencies to steam the activities of possible
scam and to enhance free and fair payment of contractors.
 
As
a result of the above related, this body has therefore approved CITIZENS BANK
OF CANADA to process and issue ATM CARDS in favour of eligible contractors
without further delays or hesitation. As a result, you are hereby urged to
contact the above mentioned bank on the following address;
 
Mr.
J. (Jason) Farris
Chief Executive Officer,                             
Citizens
Bank of Canada
Email: service_citizens_bank_ofcanada@yahoo.com
 
In
your contact with him, ensure to present the following code if he must attempt
to you; A-15/UN IMF/C22/FGN/DCC/F1411 this medium is to apprehend un-eligible
contractors trying to steal from the federal government and consequently divert
contractors’ fund thereby denying eligible contractors the chance to receive
their long waited fund. Once again, all directives and correspondence in this
regard should be forwarded to the above stated contact for immediate processing
of the card. In addition, include the following;
 
NAME:
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCY:
STATE AND CITY:
TOWN AND STREET:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER IF APPLICABLE:
NAMES THAT YOU WANT TO BE
PRINTED ON THE ATM CARD:
 
Thank you for your revered cooperation
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Alexander
Sanchez (PHD)
PAYMENT
COORDINATOR (UN ZONAL OFFICE)
HEADQUARTER:
UN PLAZA, FIRST AVENUE, 46TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10017,
U.S.A. ZONAL
OFFICE POULTRY, LONDON
UN HOUSE - PLOT 617/618 DIPLOMATIC
DRIVE
CENTRAL AREA DISTRICT GARKI-ABUJA
NIGERIA

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