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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: "MR JEFFREY WATERFALL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jeffwaterfall09@superposta.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:21:14 -0500
Subject: (((...COMPENSATION PAYMENT..)))))

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION  WASHINGTON IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING & RESERVE FINANCIAL SERVICE NEW YORK.
Special duties reference **UNO/WBF LM-05-371**
ORDERING CONTRACTOR: UNO/WBF a?" SG
 
 
 
Attn:Beneficiary,
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance payment file and discovered that worth ( $1,500.000.00 ) One Million Five Hundred Thousand  United  States Dollars
the reason why you have not been able to receive your contract/inheritance payment after fulfilling all stipulated obligations and documentations is because you have been dealing with impostors and none staff of the United Nations. To this end, all your efforts to secure the release of your fund failed. We therefore wish to advise that continuing with such illegal acts to claim your contract/inheritance funds will further frustrate and stop your payment claim.
We have received the express mandate and instructions of the Secretary General of United Nations Ban Ki Moon together with the Reserve Financial Service New York, the Interpol and the FBI to commence the immediate release of your funds through our  payment center here. Based on the Secreatary General directive, we have concluded arrangements. By the  listed modes  below
1,ATM CARD
2,DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY
3,BANK DRAFT
4,WIRE TRANSFER
You are advice to provide all information so that there will not be no further delay in your payment so  that  we  shall secure  the  approval  Legal  Document  of  your  fund .
 
Your Full Name:.. ....................
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code:. .........
Name of City of Residence:.. ....................
Country:. .................
AGE.. ....................
Home Telephone Number:.. .................
Mobile Number:.. ...................
Occupation:  .................
Position:....................
A copy of your driving License/Int'l Passport or I.D Card for identification purpose
NOTICE: That you are warned to stop further communications with any other person's or office's different from the staff of the United Nations Official with Valid  identification. you are in obligation to obtain, a safe  pin activation pin from the I.M.F office for clearification from USPIS Liaison Officer in North carolina which cost you $630 Dollars to back up your funds from Money Laundering.
This measure is intended to stop the impostors you have erroneously been dealing with. You are to here strictly to our code of conduct, which is(CODE-6968) which you will have to indicate when contacting the PAYMENT center, by using it as your subject.
We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those
fraudsters that have been frustrating you, we  shall stop and cancel your payment immediately. Reply jeffwaterfall09@superposta.com
Respectively.
Mr Jeffrey Waterfall
Head Southen Zonal Unit
Washington Special Duties

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