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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 Ban Ki Moon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <j.bradsley@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 20:58:24 -0300
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT - IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

UNITED NATIONS
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS COMPLEX 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
Direct Telephone Number; 239-234-4378

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT
We have been authorized by the UN secretary general, and the governing body of
the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit to investigate the unnecessary delay of your
inheritance fund as one of the scammed/internet fraud victims around the world
which we have recommended and approved the payment in your favor.
During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your
payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials who are trying to
divert your money into their private accounts, to forestall this, security for
your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification number
(PIN) ATM CARD this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we
have also agreed with the Presidency that we will handle this payment ourselves
to avoid the hopeless situation created by the these Officials. We obtained an
irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the presidency we are happy
to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire
Inheritances fund has been credited in your favor through a pre-pay Maestro ATM
Visa Debit Card.
You are therefore advised to send your contact details to Mr. James Bradsley
International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office New York U.S.A on this
EMAIL: j.bradsley@hotmail.com to collect your
original payment slip with your ATM Visa Debit card, you can withdraw money from
any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($5,000) five
thousand dollars per a day. Contact Mr.James Bradsley confirming the following
information.

1. TITLE:
2. FULL NAME:
3. FULL ADDRESS:
4. OCCUPATION;
5. AGE;
5.SCANNED COPY OF IDENTIFICATION;DRIVERS LICENSE/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT;
6. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
7. Country of Residence:
8. Home Equity {YES OR NO}.
9. Telephone Number;

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVISED TO FURNISH Mr.James Bradsley WITH YOUR
CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS. AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE
AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $5.3 MILLION THE REST WILL BE
PAID TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU CONFIRM A RECEIPT OF THE CARD.
We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment.

http://www.un.org/sg/

effectively.

CONGRATULATIONS.

MR. Ban Ki Moon
Secretary General,United Nations

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