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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: "I.P.U/W.B/U.N" <infounitednations69@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:22:22 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT IS AVAILABLE



INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT UNIT
NEW YORK,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Good day,

We just want to inform you that we have deposited your ATM
MASTER CARD of USD $5,000,000 United state dollars to the
payment release officer here in New York,due to we have
waited enough to hear from you so that your payment funds
will be transferred through Bank of America. [B.O.A]

You are advised to reconfirm the following information to
us.

Your Name:
Your full address:
Phone number:

This payment has been made available to you by the United
nations from the unpaid fund in the United States of America
treasury which was released last year by World Bank for
economic uplift.

NOTE: SEND YOUR DETAILS IMMEDIATELY TO THIS EMAIL:
infounitednations69@gmail.com

Yours Truly.

INTERNAL PAYMENT UNIT.
New York, U.S.A.

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