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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: "United Nation Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imfpayeefundoffice1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 13:03:52 -0000
Subject: Unpaid Beneficiary

From: Ms. Carman L. Lapointe
Head Of United Nations Under-Secretary-
General For Internal Oversight Services
 
(Unpaid Beneficiary)
 
This is to inform you that I came to Lagos,Nigeria yesterday from Canada, after series of complaints from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the Nigerian Government, Ghanaian and the British Governments for the high volume of fraudulent activities that are on in these three nations.For more information about me kindly click on the below link or copy and paste on your web browser.
 
http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/pages/usg.html
 
Right now, as directed by UN secretary General named Ban Ki-Moon we are working in collaborations with the Special Fraud Investigations Unit (SFIU) and we have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorized the Government of Nigeria to effect your overdue payment worth $4.5M into your account without any delay as approved and instructed by CANADIAN government and UNITED NATIONS.
 
Please note that the only fee you will pay to receive your fund is the Notarization fee of US$250.00 only. So you are advice to send this I shall provide with our cashier's information, so as to enable you make the payment for the Notarization without any further delay.
 
RECEIVERS NAME: JOHN KENNETH
LOCATION: LAGOS NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION: WHAT FOR?
TEXT ANSWER: WAIVER
 
Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian, Ghanaian,British and United States Government officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Kevin Brooks from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.
 
Note that I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here, so I would like you to urgently respond to this message for reference purpose, your are advice to reconfirm the below details and send me the mtcn information to this email.un_pay_2013@live.com
1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Phone&Fax:
7. State of Origin&Country:
 
As soon as i hear from you,I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 48 hours.
 
Looking forward to hearing from you. and you are advice to response to this via ( un_pay_2013@live.com )
Sincerely yours,
 
Ms. Carman L. Lapointe
Head Of United Nations Under-Secretary
General For Internal Oversight Services

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