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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.JUAN PENA CARLOS." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrcarlospena@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 00:33:15 -0800
Subject: (PRIVATE DEAL FROM UNDP PROJECT MANAGER ASIA-PACIFIC)

GREETINGS



FIRSTLY, I MUST APOLOGIES FOR BARGING INTO YOUR MAILBOX WITHOUT FORMAL INTRODUCTION OF MYSELF TO YOU.ACTUALLY I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION FROM REPUTABLE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OF YOUR COUNTRY WHICH GIVES ME ASSURANCE OF YOUR LIABILITY AS A PERSON WHILE TRYING TO GET A GOOD AND CAPABLE BUSINESS PERSON IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT PURPOSES.THIS WHY WITHOUT WASTING ANY TIME I AM SEEKING A DECISION MAKER TO GRAB MY OFFERING US$64,000,000.00 YOURS FREE WITH SOME SIMPLE CONDITION.YOU WILL NEED TO FOLLOW AND WORK CLOSELY WITH ME.YOU CAN'T SAY MY GENEROUS OFFER OF FIFTY PERCENT OF US$128,000,000.00 WHICH IS US$64,000,000.00 IS NOTHING. BUT REMEMBER THAT OPPORTUNITY OF THIS KIND ALWAYS COMES ONCE IN LIFETIME.


HAVE I GOT YOUR ATTENTION?

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM SENIOR PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION CALL UNDP.I AM THE PERSON DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO ANSWER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO UNDP YEARLY MEETINGS.MY SPECIAL ROLE IS TO EVALUTE ALL CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND THE APPROVALS TO FOREIGN CONTARCTORS.AS YOU ARE AWARE I AM THE SENIOR PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANGER ANSWERING TO THE PRINCIPLE DIRECTORS OF UNDP.I GOT SICK OF ANSWERING TO STUBBORN MANAGEMENT.I DECIDED TO DEPLOY EARLY RETIREMENT.THIS IS WHERE OUR DEAL BEGINS TO WORK FOR YOU AND ME. I AM LETTING YOU TO MY FINDING THROUGHOUT ROUTINE SUPERVISION OVER FOREIGN CONTRACTORS.I NOTICED SERIES OF OVER INVOICED CONTRACTS THAT AMASSED TO US$128,000,000.00.HERE COMES THE ADVANTAGE YOU HAVE.AS I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED THE SUM OF US$128,000,000.00.ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR.I WANT US TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ENABLE UNDP ASIA-PACIFIC REGION TO TRANSFER THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF US$128,000,000.00 INTO YOUR B




MY QUESTION TO YOU IS DO YOU WANT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ASSIST ME ON WHAT IS REQUIRED THEN YOU GET US$64,000,000.00 UPON THE SUCCESS OF THE TRANSFER.FROM A PARTNERSHIP AND WISELY. MY SHARE WITH YOURS INTO BLUE-CHIP INVESTMENTS.AS A RESULT OF THIS OBVIOUSLY I WILL HAVE TO SURENDER MY POSITION WITH UNDP.THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS MAKE PROVISION TO RELOCATE TO YOUR COUNTRY.NOW I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING IS TRANSPARENTAS ALL THINGS FROM MY SIDE ARE PERFECTED DONE THAT I USE MY PERSONAL US$3.7MILLION TO SECURE THIS DEAL.

ACCEPT THE US$128,000,000.00 INTO YOUR BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT BEARING IN MIND ITS A FIFTY-FIFTY DEAL.I WILL REQUIRE UN UNDERTAKING FROM YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE US$128,000,000.00 DRIVEN BY GREED.ON THIS BASIS. I WILL AGREE TO ASIST YOU SO THAT THE US$128,000,000 WILL BE TRANSFER SMOOTHLY TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. CALL IT WINNING OR COMPENSATION IS YOUR CHOICE AND IT'S THE US$64,000,000.00 DOLLAR QUESTION.


PLEASE YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL INFORMATION SUCH AS STATED BELOW;

1) FULL NAME:
2) FULL ADDRESS:
3) AGE:
4) SEX:
5) HOME TELEPHONE:
6) MOBILE PHONE:
7) ACTIVE ACCOUNT:
8) FAX NUMBER:
9) BUSINESS NUMBER:
10)BUSINESS ADDRESS:
11)CURRENT OCCUPATION STATUS:
12)COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
13)NATIONALITY:
14)INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ID:


FURTHERMORE.BE INFORMED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL TAKE US 15WORKING DAYS TO ACCOPLISH BEGINNING FROM WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR FULL INFORMATION AFTER YOU HAVE ASSUMED THE POSITION OF A FOREIGN CONTARCTOR TO UNDP. I WILL ALSO FILE AN APPLICATION IN THE UNDP HEADQUARTERS AND SECURE THE NECESSARY APPROVAL AND LETTER OF CLEARANCE THAT WILL MAKE YOU UNDP FOREIGN CONTARCTOR.YOU AS A FOREIGN CONTARCTOR TO UNDP ARE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THESE FUNDS TO AN ACCOUNT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY YOU.THIS PROCESS IS 100 PERCENT RISK FREEAS I HAVE SET OUTALL THE MODALITIES TO SEE THAT A LEGALIZED METHOD IS USED BECAUSE BECAUSE I HAVE PREPARED ALL THE NESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WE WILL USE IN THIS DEAL.PLEASE NOTE THAT UTMOST SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES DURING THIS TRANSACTION. ONCE THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY WE SHALL SHARE RATIO OF FIFTY PERCENT FOR ME.FIFTY PERCENT FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT INTRESTED IN THIS DEAL PLEASE DELETE T
HIS EMAILS FROM YOUR MAILBOX.



THANK YOU.

BEST REGARDS.
MR.JUAN PENA CARLOS.
SENIOR PROJECT MANGER TO UNDP.

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