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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: "evagummas@tele2.se" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infounitednation904@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 19:46:18 +0100
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND

UNITED NATIONS
Economic & Social Council
760 United Nations Plaza,New York, NY 10017, USA..
 
 
From the Desk of:
H.E. Mr. Milos Koterec.
Sixty-eighth President of the Economic and Social Council,
 
 
RE: DOCKET NO. OP1911.
 
 
 
SUBJECT: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND
 
 
Dear Sir/Madam,
        Fund Beneficiary,
 
We are humbly using this medium to inform you that your outstanding payment of US$10.5 Million Dollars (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) the Financial Intelligent Unit recovered from the Federal Government of Nigeria as unclaimed Contract/Inheritance, Winning OR Scam Victim Compensation Payment fund belonging to you has been finally approved to be paid to you unconditionally with your release code number FG/09/15/222/12
 
We have assigned the UBA Bank Plc, to issue you an International UBA ATM Visa OR MasterCard which you will use to withdraw this US$10.5 Million Dollars from any ATM machine in your country or in any part of the World but the amount you can withdraw per day is US$100,000.00. You are advice immediately to contact Mr. Kennedy Uzoka of UBA Bank Plc, via his phone +2347045185455 OR Open access Email Address: ubakennedy@outlook.com and send him your your release code number FG/09/15/222/12 to enable him pay you
      
For more directives.
    
You are warned to disregard any contact or communication you have with any offices and deal only with Mr. UZOKA and receive your long awaited fund. Government of Nigeria has reported to be sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past to get this fund paid to you.
Contact F.B.I on Email: ATM.Reports@fbi.gov if you did not receive the UBA ATM Visa Card after 96hours you contacted MR. KENNEDY UZOKA.
                  
Thanks for adhering to this instructions.
                    
Yours Sincerely,
      
Mr. Milos Koterec
President of the Economic and Social Council
United Nations
Website: http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/president/bio.shtml
 

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