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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: "Hon. Dr Tom Woods" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wdrtom@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:07:16 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION:URGENT REPLY

UNITED NATIONS FINANCE COMMISSION
OUR REF: IMF/WB/NF/UN/XX015

ATTENTION:

YOUR FUND IS READY TO BE RELEASED NOW.

This is to officially notify you that your fund is about to be cancelled and may I humbly request for your opinion regarding the cancellation plans of your inheritance payment of Eight Million, Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars.
What is the motivation behind your decision to abandon your funds after it has been approved and programmed for immediate transfer from BANK CENTRAL ASIA (BCA) JAKARTA INDONESIA? On behalf of the IMF and UNITED STATES JUDICIAL COUNCIL, who prompted this inquiry, i wish to categorically exonerate this office from any blame if this fund is cancelled within 7 days as already planned by Bank Central Asia (BCA) Jakarta Indonesia which is The Payment Centre.

Your silence is creating a very dangerous situation here. As at last week, i got a Report from Bank Central Asia (BCA) Jakarta Indonesia to prepare for the cancellation of your fund since you failed to comply on transfer instructions. With due respect to our security ethics, please why don't you want your fund transferred any more. As the Secretary General of United Nations, i will like you to explain to me in full details the reason why you decided not to comply with the bank to receive your fund and have access to it been the bank in-charge to make the transfer of your fund to you, we have started making the foreign transfer since two days now and all the listed beneficiaries alongside has been paid remaining only you.
Our concern is to continue to protect the interest of the beneficiary so that you can receive your fund without delay; the report that was sent to the FBI has denied the purported letter sent to you from unknown people that you have been dealing with before. During our web interaction with http://www.fbi.gov/ it became clear that the so called letter was forged to extort money from you to sponsor the diversion of your inheritance fund.

Your stand on this issue is being urgently awaited by today or tomorrow as soon as you receive this email so that you will be directed more on what to do to receive your fund.We are still waiting for you to contact Bank Central Asia (BCA) Jakarta Indonesia to secure Fund Origin Certificate that they will use to transfer your fund into your designated bank account which you will provide to them.

Reconfirm this information below:

1. Your full name:
2. Your address:
3. Your mobile phone number:
4. Your age;
5. Current occupation:
6. A copy of your identity card.

Urgent response is needed once you receive this email.

Yours faithfully,

Hon. Dr Tom Woods
Secretary General, United Nations

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