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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: Ms Michelle V Bachelet <sam@coverstaffrecruitment.co.nz>
Reply-To: <michellebachelet123@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 18:17:11 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
INTERNAL AUDIT, MONITORING,CONSULTING AND INVESTIGATION DIVISION
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL AGENT-ASSIGNED TO NIGERIA-AFRICA.

From: Mrs. Michelle V. Bachelet

Though I don't know much about you and how will take this letter but I have tried to discuss with you on phone since I arrived Nigeria in the morning today. I was appointed to come to Nigeria by my superior Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and the World Bank President after considering much fraud/scam reports from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the United Kingdom and the Federal Government of Nigeria. It is a shame that these two respected great nations have been in the forefront of scam related activities and the UN has vowed to eradicate this ugly virus completely and make the World a better place of living for all. Our intelligence report, reveals that the fraudsters and scam syndicates use London UK and Nigeria as their base and these evil perpetrators have rendered so many families useless and caused some people to take away their own lives after borrowing from friends and relations and failed to balance back as at when

Since my arrival, I have met with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the Nigerian Finance Minister and their Chief Justice of the Federation. I have also met with the Account General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the CBN Governor and some other bank executives and they have all endorsed the immediate release of your payment.

Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with a foreigner Mr. Nelson Smith from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund to an already opened bank account in New York with this below information:

BANK NAME:.............. HSBC BANK U.S.A,
BANK ADDRESS:........... 452 FIFTH AVENUES, NEW YORK
ABA NUMBER:............. 021001088
SWIFT CODE:............. FIBBBJBJ
CREDIT TO:.............. FINANCIAL BANK,
ACCOUNT NUMBER:......... 14524139649
ACCOUNT NAME:........... ETS MOON EXPORT.

These people have presented this account number to the Nigerian Presidency and claimed that you gave them the authority to receive this fund on your behalf. Do respond to this message now and confirm to me if your UN approved compensation should be released to these men as applied. I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria, so I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund after the Non Residential/Indigenous Paper Permit Fee is settled.

You can call for further information on: +234-706-463-3083

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Michelle V. Bachelet.

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