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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: "Helen Clark" <contactus@undp-office.com>
Reply-To: helenclark.undp@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:18:21 -0600
Subject: Very Urgent

United Nations Development Programme
3 Whitehall Court, London, SW1A 2EL
United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: 44 709 287 2779
Tel: 44 774 960 1570
Email: helenclark.undp@hotmail.com


Sir,

GRANT IN FAVOR OF FARROKH BULSARA

In view of the application field by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
in conjunction with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, and having viewed the application based on it’s merit, we
hereby approve as follows:

That the sum of US$3,000,000.00 be granted you as Compensation for the
non-payment of your outstanding proceed and the pains inflicted on you as
a result of it.

That this amount is non refundable to the UNDP but a Compensation which
has been duly consented to by the Board of Governors of the UNDP and
hereby approved for remittance into your bank account.

That no special levy or tax will be charged rather than the COT (Cost of
Transfer) which will be communicated you by our accredited paying bank via
MT103 upon acknowledgement and acceptance of this letter.

To that effect, we demand an acceptance letter from you, duly signed,
stating your total commitment and compliance as stated above and, as will
be communicated by our accredited paying bank.

Once again, we want to appreciate you for giving us the privilege to serve
you because nothing can be done without your corporation, hence we demand
for your full corporation to hasten the process of remittance of this
compensation.

Yours truly,

Administrator Helen Clark
inquiry@undp-office.com

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