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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: "Muna Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <munaadamsauditor@live.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:39:55 -0700
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY

THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION
In Conjunction with the International Monetary Fund
Lagos-Nigeria.
Senior Human Rights Officer and international payment department
 
 
Attn:
 
Sequel to the meeting we have with all the African country leaders regards to all the payment been owed by the African continent, the Chairman Organization of African Unit (OAU) has made it known to all the beneficiaries been owed by African via contract, inheritance, during his recent interview with British broadcasting co-operation (BBC) that all the debt been owed by the Africans should be paid to them via OAU account with the supervision of the International monitoring fund unit Lagos- Nigeria which you happened to be one of them.
 
 
The formal payment officer that has been handling your payment before have been instructed to hands up from you payment due to the petitions and complain we have been receiving from all parts of the world against African countries the way they are delaying their beneficiaries fund.
 
 
Some petitions we received made it known to us that some beneficiaries have loose all they have achieve in the life time due to the way Africans are asking them to pay one charge or the other in regards of their payment.
 
 
 
Be inform that UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION mapped out the total sum of USD18Million to compensation all SCAM VICTIMS to have there normal live again.This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum.
 
You are advice to stop any further communication outside this office. The Africa Development Bank of Nigeria which the officer in-charge is Brain Jones  has been mandated to release your fund.
 
You are therefore requested to re-confirm the below information  to enable us approve the release and transfer of the fund and also send two passport photograph which will be use to open your claim file.
 
 
Name
Address:
Ph:
Copy of your identification. Either your international passport, driver's license or ID card.
 
Note that you are not going to pay any money to receive this funds. All what you are required is to provide the above information to enable us start to process the transfer of the funds.
          
Note that upon your response to this mail and confirmation of your above information a letter of your payment approval and true affidavit of claims will be issue in your favour and send to Africa Development of Nigeria while copies of the above documents will send to you.
 
Best Regards
Muna Adams.
Senior Human Rights Officer united nations,
Lagos-Nigeria
 

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