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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: DR GRANT ACKLIN <united_nation7024@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: unitednationfundrelease@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:24:49 +0700
Subject: WILL AND TESTAMENT




(INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)=A0 =A0
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (BANK OF ENGLAND ASSISTE=
D PROGRAMMED)
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 TRANSFERS.870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-LONDON 100=
17.
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0
ATTN :BENEFICIARY

I saw your email ( and I found out that you have not received your
payment due
to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations
giving to you in
respect to your contract /inheritance payment. Secondly.Your email
appeared
among the beneficiaries,who will receive=A0 their -payment of your
contractual sum
and has been approved already for months. You are requested to get
back to me
for more directions and instructions on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from one Mrs Marie Susan=A0 who told us
that she is
your next of kin. she has also submitted to us her international
passport, and
that you instructed her to come for the claim of your funds in the
tune of 7.5
Million Pounds.we want to hear from you before we can deliver the
funds to
her.we want to confirm if you instructed her=A0 to make a change of
ownership,thereby providing us with her personal information.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf=A0 of=A0 SECRETARY UNITED
NATIONS,for
failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the
system had
been long overdue.Please reconfirm to me immediately if you have
authorized for
the transferring of=A0 your fund to Mrs Marie Susan,

Did you authorize Mrs ROSE WILLIAM to come for your claim?

DR. GRANT ACKLIN,=A0
(Director of Operation)

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