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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 JAMES OBI <jamesobi2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesobi2016@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 02:25:49 -0800
Subject: RE

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.



We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary
general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to
investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund, recommended and
approved in your favour.During the course of our investigation, we
discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank 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 will
handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by
the Officials of the bank.



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 ATM card.



You are therefore advice to send your contact details to REV TED MOORE
International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office Nigeria:
EMAIL:revtedmoore.un@live.com to collect your original payment slip with
your ATM card.



I Am Contacting You In Regards To The Instruction Given By United Nations,
Please I Will Urge You To Try And Indicate On How You Want Your Fund To Be
Released To You From The Three Options Above.They will issue you an ATM
card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine in any part of
the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per a day. So if you
like to receive your funds through this means kindly let us know by
contacting the card payment center and also send the following information
as stated below to them as directed above.



1. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER,
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO (P.O BOX NOT
ACCEPTABLE)
3.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
4. HOME EQUITY {YES OR NO}.
5. YOUR FULL NAME.NOTE:



YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV MOORE WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS.AND
ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $8.3 MILLION THEREST
WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE.



We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this
payment effectively thereby making contact with Rev.

Ted Moore as directed to avoid further delay.


CONGRATULATIONS.
E-mail Address:jamesobi2016@gmail.com
MR JAMES OBI
UNITED NATIONS, NIGERIA

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