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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: "U.N.O" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecobank.telexdept@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:30:22 -0600
Subject: ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS ? (REPLY ASAP)

UNION BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION.


Attention: Beneficiary,


You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 4 days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world. The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$3,500,000.00.This includes every foreigner that may have not received their contract sum, unpaid lottery winners,next of kin clients and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you.


After the meeting, a Woman came to our UNCC payment department the next morning presenting a bank account number that will receive this money, she said that you are dead, this Woman,Mrs.Kate R. Jones claim to be your next of kin, she forwarded some documents of funeral service held for you so as to divert your fund. She also forwarded the same bank account number to the approved paying bank,Eco Bank PLC to commence an immediate transfer of the fund.


Below is the bank account number that she gave to the paying bank and us for the transfer of the fund.

Bank: Hang Seng Bank
Bank Address: 83 Des Veoux Road, Central - Hong Kong
Account Name: Kate R. Jones
Account Number: 235-325172-882
Bank Code: 024
Swift Code: HASEHKHH

But we wanted to confirm if actually this is true and hence decided to write to your email address which after 2 days from now and there is no response, we will then know that you are dead indeed and go on with the transfer but If proved otherwise by you that you did not die then contact the Remittance Manager of the paying bank Mrs.Rose Mamunda and forward to her your full name, home address and your direct telephone number These details from you will help to assist us reach a conclusion that you are not dead. Anything contrary to this claim will help us charge this Woman to court and prosecute her. While your compensation fund will be paid to you immediately without any further delay.

So in this view, you are to contact Mrs.Rose Mamunda immediately to confirm to her that you are still alive and to enable her make the payment to you immediately.

Person to Contact: Mrs.Rose Mamunda

Email: mamunda111@blumail.org

Thank and God bless.

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your fund.


Regards,

Ban Ki-moon

Secretary-General (UNITED NATIONS)

Making the world a better place

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