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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: Camilla Megan <carmanllunsec@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:52:06 +0000
Subject: Hope this email finds you in good health


Hello dear,
Hope this email finds you in good health, 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/contract fund, recommended and approve 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 have also agreed with the Presidency that 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 U.K, as directed by our secretary general Mr.Ban Ki-Moon, Note that We are working in collaborations with the Uk and west African Economic Financial Crime Commission ( EFCC ) and have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize through the Government of UK / Royal bank of Scotland to effect the payment of your fund of an amount of $2.870.000.00. we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund will be credited in your favor through ATM card.
Note that the said amount which we discussed can withdraw from an ATM Machine in any part of the world and the maximum you can withdraw a day is 10.000 dollars ,So you are advice to to contact Dr. Juliet Michael of RBS on her private email: ( julietmich4ur@yeah.net ) as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your ATM card package to you because of the expiring date. You are therefore advice to send your contact details to enable us inform you about the paying bank in London to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card. Note that you should send the following information as stated below. Your Full name, Phone No, Address, Resident Country of Origin and Date of Birth, We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively.

Yours sincerely
Mrs Carmilla Megan
Commission committee Chairman/ Director
United Nations Foreign Regional Headquarter

Note- kindly get in touch with Dr. Juliet Michael on her email julietmich4ur@yeah.net for your ATM Card


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