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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Juan Carlos" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjuan.carlos@yahoo.com.ve>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:46:16 +0800
Subject: (PRIVATE DEAL FROM UNDP PROJECT MANAGER ASIA-PACIFIC)

Greetings,

Firstly, I must apologies for barging into your mailbox without formal introduction of myself to you, actually. I got your contact information from reputable business professional Directory of your country, which gives me assurance of your liability as a person while trying to get a good and capable business person in your country for business and investment purposes, this why without wasting any time I am seeking a decision maker to grab my offering. $64,000,000, Yours free! With some simple conditions, you will need to follow and work closely with me, you can’t say my generous offer of 50% $64,000,000 a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Have I got your attention?

Let me introduce myself; I am the Senior Project and program Manager with the United Nation Development Program in the Asia-Pacific Region with UNDP. I is the person. Directly responsible to answer to the board of directors to UNDP on monthly meetings, My special role is to evaluate all contract appraisals and the approvals to Foreign contractors, As you are aware, I am the Senior Project manager ANSWERING TO THE PRINCIPLE DIRECTORS OF UNDP. I got sick of answering to stubborn management, I decided to deploy early retirement. This is where our deal begins to work for you and me. I am letting you to my finding throughout routine supervision over foreign contracts; I noticed series of over invoiced contracts that amassed to $128,000,000.Here comes the advantage you have, I have successfully secured the sum of $128,000,000 One hundred and twenty eight million US Dollars. I want us to work closely together to. Enable UNDP Asia-Pacific Region to transfer the total amount of$128,000,000.00 into your bank account

My question to you do you want to be a millionaire all you need to do is assist me on what is required you get $64,000,000.00 Upon the success of the transfer we shall.

>From a partnership and wisely, my share with yours into blue-chip investments, As a result of this obviously i will have to surrender my position with UNDP. Then Immediately afterwards make provision to relocate to your country. Now i hope you understand everything is transparent. As all things from my side are perfected done. That I use my personal US$3.7Million to secure this deal.

Accept the $128,000,000 into your business account or personal account bearing in mind it’s a 50-50 deal. I will require UN undertaking from you that you will not run away with the $128,000,000.00 driven by greed. On this basis, I will agree to assist you so that the US$128,000,000.00 will be transfer smoothly to your nominated bank account in your Country. Call it winnings or compensation is your choice it’s the $64,000,000.00 dollar question.

PLEASE YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL INFORMATION SUCH AS STATED BELOW;

1) FULL NAME:
2) FULL ADDRESS:
3) AGE:
4) SEX:
5) HOME TELEPHONE:
6) MOBILE PHONE:
7) ACTIVE ACCOUNT:
8) FAX NUMBER:
9) BUSINESS NUMBER:
10)BUSINESS ADDRESS:
11)CURRENT OCCUPATION STATUS:
12)COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
13)NATIONALITY:
14)INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ID
15)YOUR BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT DETAIL OR PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT DETAIL:


Furthermore, be informed that this transaction will take us 15 working days to accomplish beginning from When I receive your full information after you have assumed the Position of a foreign contractor to UNDP.I will also file an application in the UNDP headquarters & secure the necessary approval and letter of Clearance that will make you a foreign contractor to UNDP. You as a foreign contractor to UNDP are in favor of moving these funds to an account that will be Provided by you. This process is 100% risk free as i have set out all the modalities to see that a legalized method is used because i have prepared all the necessary documents that we will use in this deal. Please Note that utmost secrecy and confidentiality are required at all times during this transaction. Once the funds have been transferred into your nominated bank account in your Country, we shall share ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you. If you are not interested in this deal, please delete this email from your mailbox.

Thank You.

Best Regards,
Mr. Juan Carlos
Senior Project Manager to UNDP.

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