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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: "Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young" <missofficertisaac011@office.org>
Reply-To: <mrs.carmanlapointeyoung377@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:45:50 +0000
Subject: MSG From (Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young)



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Attn; Sir / Madam,

This is to officially inform you that sequel to the recent high rate of
criminal acts like scam, fraud, impostors and drug trafficking in Africa
and sub-United States of America regions, the United Nations
secretary-general has delegated me (Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young) as the
Internal auditor, monitoring & investigation division of the Office of the
Internal Oversight services (OIOS). I was delegated and nominated to come
down to Nigeria to make sure that fund beneficiaries like you get their
funds because the rate at which fund beneficiaries are being treated in
this country is not good, some of them has lost everything they have,
rendered homeless and some declared bankrupt because the top bank
officials
continuously ask beneficiaries to pay/send money to them as they claimed
that they are from one big offices & will help you get your fund but all
these was just lies and deceit to make you believe them.

Few days ago I arrived Abuja, the capital territory of Nigeria and I have
meet the president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as directed by the UN
secretary-general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the president has issued an approvals
for me to work in collaboration with the Economic & Financial Crimes
Commission to make sure you get your compensation & approved fund
urgently,
it was resolved by the president and UN that you are only required to pay
only the Approved Notarization fee before you will get your compensation
fund valued Forty eight million nine hundred thousand usd by the British
government and the International Credit Settlement (ICS).

Sincerely, as I just arrived the country, I went through your payment file
to discover that the top Nigerian & British officials/bank that was
supposed to pay you rather decided to embezzle the fund, divert it to
their
personal account and they are working with some top political officers to
frustrate you but you must be rest assured 100% that once I hear from you
with the required Notarization fee, you must get your fund because every
other fee has been waived off by the United Nations and the president.

I have been given few weeks to make sure you get your fund, so it will be
better if you respond to this email urgently and I will advise you on how
best to get your fund urgent after the notarization fee payment's settled.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Carman Lapointe Young
United Nations Under-Secretary
General for Internal Oversight.
Email mrscarmeno09@live.com

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