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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: "Mr. Gary Walker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unofice113@superposta.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 07:15:04 -0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED NATION PAYMENT APPROVAL
OFFICE Special Duties/Logistics Department
FOREIGN /WINNING PAYMENT BUREAU
Our Ref: CITIBANK/LONDON/CTCONTRACTB
Your Ref 25321/imf/us/09/13


FILE CODE #: ATM/UK/LON

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF and the European Union (EU), this is to notify you of your enlistment as a beneficiary of a recent Debt

Management and Settlement Forum organized on the status of global arrangement to have your beneficiary fund settled once and for all. Of course, In the hope

that you must have been aware of the past financial leakages in the European foreign inheritance payment system, and frustrations associated there from in

your last attempt to claim the fund, wherein fund beneficiaries (like your self) was subjected to unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming

funds due them. The World Body, having solicited and received the cooperation of Nigerian Presidency, in harmonizing the sequence of payments, have

discovered from records of outstanding foreign inheritance fund beneficiaries due them, that your name and payment has been with held and remain unpaid as a

result of such bottleneck. On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify you that al

Already, a total amount of US$500 Million has been provided to the bank for this purpose and it is on first come first serve. With this arrangement, I wish

to inform you that HSCB LONDON has been instructed to issue in your name an ATM Cash Card with the valued amount of US$5M. In paying this amount to you,

please note that it is without Prejudice to your original inheritance sum. Rather, it is a stop-gap payment arrangement put in place by the World Body to on

the one hand ensure that you receive part of your fund, while on the other hand ensure that the process is smooth and without any form of stress whatsoever,

whereas a comprehensive arrangement shall be made in future to pay off the remaining fund due you.

However, we are worried with the counter information received from one Mr. Jack Law, purporting to be from your directive, with express instruction to

activate the ATM Cash Card for release of fund to his name a bank account in the "Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitant to honor this instruction as it

were, and would request that you clarify same upon your contact with HSBC BANK, LONDON . In addition to that, you should provide the bank with the following

details to forestall any mistake of issuing the ATM Card with the wrong information already submitted by Mr. Jack Law:

(1) Your full names, address, phone, fax and Cell numbers (up to date) for ease of contact
(2) Beneficiary name for activation of your ATM CARD.

Believing that this arrangement will suit your condition and expectations, we will therefore request for your expedited response to avoid any more delay.

Your response should be directed to HSBC BANK, LONDON , Attention: Mr. Douglas Flint ; Deputy General Manager through his official email address:

paymasteroffice@globomail.com ,Tel/fax: +(447) 024 041 019, Your file reference code for your payment is ATM/UK/LON and should be quoted in your contact

mail to the bank otherwise the bank will not recognize/process your ATM Swift Payment.



Mr. Gary Walker
Payment Co-ordinator,
United Nations Office.
London-United Kingdom

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