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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: BAN KI MOON <sheilamartin846@yahoo.co.za>
Reply-To: BAN KI MOON <peter_hogan@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 00:30:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME


 WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT
United Nations Headquarters,
New Court Road Cotonou
Benin Du' Republic.
YOUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.
 
Greetings Beneficiary,

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 India who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

Your name was listed and approved for this payment as one of the Scammed victims to be paid this amount. Kindly send your reply back to us, for an immediate payment of $950,000 U.S.D .to you Via Western Union/RIA TRANSFER OR ATM Master Card OR Bank Transfer

The rate of scam in Africa, in which Europe are also affected was greatly alarming. Therefore, the United Nations in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F) has mapped out the said amount to be paid to those individuals affected.

However, the U.N, / I.M.F is now paying 321 victims of this operators The total amount of $950,000.00 U.S.D each in accordance with the U. N. recommendations due to the corrupt and in-efficient Banking Systems with some of the Banks, the payments are to be paid by United Bank Of Africa (U.B.A) sitting at IMF (International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional Payment Office as corresponding payment center under funding assistance by World Bank. According to the number of applicants at hand, 287 Beneficiaries has been paid out, half of the victims are from the United States, and we still have more 34 left to be paid the Compensation fees of $950,000.00 U.S.D each. WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME.
 
We sent you series of emails in this regards but you did not respond back to us; However, in the course of our routine secularization into our Dispatch Alert, we discovered that the document of your fund is intact and very much available, note that United Nations Board of Director have sign your FUND in the favor of your name and hand it over to DR. PETER  HOGAN Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit to fill it, you have to contact DR. PETER  HOGAN  in charge of your FUND, as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in AFRICAN Region, contact him immediately for your FUND VALUE SUM OF (Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars)

DR. PETER  HOGAN
Chief Protocol Officer , Dispatch Unit.
 
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 parcel to your home address.
 

[1] Your Full Names : ...............................................
[2] Contact address:.............................................
[3] Direct Telephone:.............................................
|4| Occupation:...................................................
[5] sex:.........................................................
[6] Age:.................................
[7] Your international passport/or drivers license /or state I.D
 
We expect your urgent attention to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively.
You are also required to send us your id proof for verification.

Note that if your personal information/details is not found satisfactory or rimes with the details we have in our system, this automatically disqualifies you.


Yours Faithfully,
Secretary-General United Nation
BAN KI MOON

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