419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- uorganizationunit@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: rimate say <rimatesay@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: rimate say <uorganizationunit@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:41:26 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY, Your overdue payment of US$7.5M is on ATM CARD
for you.

Â Happy New year Beneficiary,

There is a New development towards your overdue payment of US$7.5M discovered on the office here, which thought you have received it since before the payment Registration File discovered to this office that you did not receive the fund yet.
My dear all the information and paper-works of the signed funds were gathered as well, while the total sum of US$7.5M have credited into ATM VISA CARD for you, and have made the arrangement of the payment with U.N ORGANIZATION ZONE BENIN WEST AFRICA, who will surely advise you how the ATM CARD will be sucessful locating to your liven address without any single delay. So what you have to do now is urgently contact the UN Department Benin Africa, with your full contact information where he will delivery the ATM CARD to you without any mistake.

So if you truly have any sign payment from Africa as discovered here, kindly list the required info, as below send to UN OFFICe.

YOUR FULL NAME=======
HOME & OFFICE AD====
COUNTRY============
TELEPHONE NU======
SEX & AGE========
YOUR ID COPY==

Contact Person Dr. Rambo Chibuike, UN OFFICE
COORDINATOR BENIN WEST AFRICA.
Email: uorganizationunit@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely
Rimat Bello Sally

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