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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: "UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAM)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atmdepubaplc@vp.pl>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:48:40 -0300
Subject: Your Fund Release Notice!!!

Greetings,

We were authorized by the newly appointed United Nation Secretary General, and the Governing body of the United Nations Debt Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we
discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regulatory organs in Nigeria who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

As you receive this email you should contact United bank for Africa ATM Department because your fund of $2,500.000.00 has been released and approved for onward transfer to you through a cashier check, ATM card or wire transfer.

Contact information:
MR.DANIEL OPOLO
Chief Protocol Officer,Dispatch Unit .
Email: (atmdepubaplc@live.com)
Direct Telephone line: +234-809-682-5591

As soon as you establish a contact with him, ensure that you provide your present address as below to the contact in other for the Officer to effect the change and Re-direct the payment to your home address.

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
AGE/SEX:
IDENTIFICATION CARD/DRIVER'S LICENCE:

We expect your urgent attention to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively. Most importantly you will be requested to pay for some important document and administrative charges, we have made that easy for you but you must do everything in your power to pay the administrative because we consider that a chicken change.

Your payment receipt with bank is our proof that fund was indeed sent to you.

Yours Faithfully,

Secretary-General United Nation
BAN KI MOON

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