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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: "Barrister.Jack Les" <noreply@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: uactivist@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:26:01 +0800
Subject: DATE:21/08/2012

UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our website: http://www.un.int/nigeria/
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX0287
DATE:21/08/2012

ATTENTION:
IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA CASH DELIVERY.

I am Barr: Jack Les, the newly appointed director general in charge of
approving & releasing all owed yet unpaid \Un-released foreign payments and
also the special adviser to the United-Nation fighting against the
UN-necessary delays of beneficiaries yet unclaimed payment including yours
which was recently discovered last week unpaid to you by the present BRITISH
GOVERNMENT after series of investigation conducted.


I am delighted to inform you that the contract/Inheritance panel of the
UN,which just concluded it’s seating in London federal capital territory just
released your (E-mail Id & Name) among the currently approved beneficiaries
who are to benefit 100% from this very diplomatic immunity 3rd quarter payment
of the year. This panel was primarily delegated to investigate and to
genuinely manipulated all owed debts and claims as it has eaten deep into the
economy of the Great Britain-London.

However, i wish to personally bring to your urgent notice, so that you will be
aware that your yet unclaimed payment date's is still reflecting in our
central computer as unpaid and UN-claimed owed debt in my department where i
newly work as the new appointed (UN) lawyer in charge of approving & releasing
of all yet unpaid debts recently recovered back by the (UN) office in London
been our branch after discovering that your payment has been delayed
UN-necessary due to one reason or another while auditing was going on last
week. Your own file was personally forwarded to my executive office by the
chief auditors of the (UN) as an unclaimed fund.

At this moment, I wish to use this medium of communication to inform you that
for the time being the (UN) has completely stopped further payment through
bank to bank transfer, ATM Card,Bank Draft or Check Payment due to numerous
petitions received from the united states home-land security, the FBI, IMF and
other financial and security agencies to UK government against our banks on
wrong payment and diversion of innocent beneficiaries owed funds to a
different account.

In this regards, I am going to use my good office now to send you your just
approved part-payment in the tune of $6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred United
States Dollars) only by cash to you via a special (UN) universal diplomatic
delivery means to you. In process of doing that, i will personally secure
every needed documents as the newly appointed lawyer representing the (UN)
office now to cover the money including the affidavit to claim of this
particular yet unclaimed payment from our British High Court here in London
which will bestow the right and privilege to you as the rightful beneficiary
who is to receive this payment after meeting up with the delivery requirement
as the British law stipulate. All these will be done perfectly only on the
condition that you will give me 10% of the funds we are about disbursing to
you which is $6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred United States Dollars) only out
of the $6.5 million you are to receive as soon as you receive the money which
will be coming to you

Note: The money will be coming on 2 security proof trunk boxes. The boxes are
already sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine by the
management of this organization and i also want you to know that the
management are not aware of my plans with you in this transaction, so you have
to keep it a top secret till 1 and you are able to conclude this very
transaction. This fund was brought to us from the World Bank special delegates
because the funds itself was meant for our local a fem market here in the
UK.But you don't have to worry for any thing that need to be taking care of
here in London, as this transaction is 100% risk free and will remain legit as
long as you work with me transparently. The boxes are coming with a diplomatic
agent assigned by the management of this organization by AN AGENT" who will
accompany the boxes to your house address or any address you will provide to
me for this transaction to enable us complete.

All you need to do now upon your willing acceptance on my condition, is to
send to me a guarantee that you will give me 10% of the funds as soon as you
receive the $6.5Million, and your full house address and your identity such
as, international passport or driver’s license including your personal contact
phone numbers which must be a working numbers, the diplomatic attached will
travel with it.He will call you immediately he arrives in your country's
airport to update you and I hope you understand each and every point that I've
made clear to you in this email message am sending you.

WARNING/ADVISE: Please note carefully that any money requested from you by
anybody,office,banks or group of people from Africa/Nigeria or any part of the
world to receive your payment expect the United-Nations Appointed Commission
Office (UK), presently in charge of recovering all UN-necessary delayed yet
unclaimed owed debts payments, whom the FBI, IMF and other financial agencies
have irrevocably approved that should serve you better and ensure you receive
your payment this time around, so kindly note that any money sent by you to
any office in Africa/Nigeria is at your OWN RISK, so stay away from any other
office, person or group of people and face only the United-Nation Appointed
Approved Payment Disbursing High Commission Office only till your payment gets
to you safely through the Dallas Airport.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: For security reasons and to enable both of us conclude this
transaction successfully, note that the diplomatic agent that is coming with
the consignment boxes will not know the original contents inside the boxes he
his to delivery to you. So what l and our accredited management will declare
to him that is inside the consignment boxes is a sensitive photographic film
material and classified volume confidential company's contract documents.

Also note categorically that, before i proceed with the next arrangement, you
are advice to call me immediately or email me immediately , so we can talk and
agree first before i seal this transaction with you and if you have any
question to ask for more clarification before and remember to send the
required information directly to my Email address: and I will let you know
how far I have gone with the arrangement. I will secure the diplomatic
immunity clearance certificate that will be tagged on the boxes to make it
stand as a diplomatic consignment. This clearance will make it pass every
custom checking point all over the world without any hitch. All this I will do
with my own money as your partner.

Please, I need your urgent reply , because the boxes are schedule already to
live this week as soon as I hear from you today. You should confirm
immediately you receive this message through my Email my private phone number
will be given to you when i get your immediate responds for confidential
talk:Contact Email: uactivist@yahoo.co.uk

I am highly submitted and willing to serve you better.

Congratulations Once AGAIN.

Highly Submitted.
Respectfully Yours in-service,
Barrister.Jack Les,
(UN) Human Right Activist

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