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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: "Mrs. Susan Hilton." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.natwestbankplc07@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:57:33 -0000
Subject: APPROVED PAYMENT ORDER

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10,
Switzerland
Dear Beneficiary,

APPROVED PAYMENT ORDER

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United Nation secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS Monetary 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 who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts for their personal use.

It will interest you to know that we have discovered an unpaid sum of US$10. 5 million Dollars in your favor and an irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on your Payment. However, we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/Instructions; your complete funds have been approved to be released to you via Automated Teller Machine (ATM CARD). You are therefore advice to contact: Mr. Martin Cole. (Director Foreign Payment Department) Natwest Bank London United Kingdom via e-mail: info@natwestbanklondon.org or info.natwestbankplc07@gmail.com

As soon as you establish a contact with him, he will process and effect the release of your fund into your bank account without delay, hence the World Bank has issued an irrevocable payment guarantee to this effect. You are therefore advised to contact (Mr. Martin Cole) and provide him the following information as stated below:

1. Your Full Names:
2. Physical Address
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Telephone Numbers:
6. Country:

NOTE: The amount to be paid to you is ($10,500,000.00) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively.

Congratulations.

Mrs. Susan Hilton.
United Nations (UNO)

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