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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: "REV.PETER LlOYDS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revpeterlloyds@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 11:22:50 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR SCAM VICTIMS

INTERNATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND
LOGISTICS VAULT
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE (UN)
COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS.

It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our logistic department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some impostors who claim to be staffs of banks and other regional payment centers.

Our reconciliation teams with the prospectus instrument of the United Nations after freezing suspected imposters account.This support was fully effective with the help of World Bank after a summit meeting in London, on the financial analysis and financial stability issues fluctuating the economy with the international global standard.

After gathering of this sum, our logistic department issued out some list of beneficiaries to be paid a sum of $13.500,000.00 United States Dollars who fell victims to these imposters due to unawareness. And mode of payment was as well specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against criminality during process of payment. We have arranged your payment through our swift
card centers, with the latest instruction from United Nations Office And International Monetary Fund Reconciliation Office.

The card center will send you an ATM Visa Card which can enable you withdraw your money in any ATM Center round the globe, Banks and Union Pay Credit outlets in the world; You are hereby selected as an honor for this payment approval worth $13.500,000.00 United States Dollars.you are required to acknowledge the receipt of this mail by returning the required information below to the Logistic Department by email to the email address provided below for immediate release of your funds to avoid wrong delivery while delivering your funds to your home address.

Office of the Reconciliation and Logistics Vaults manager,
United Nations Office Representative
Contact Information Officer:Rev.Peter Lloyds
Email: revpeterlloyds@gmail.com

1. Full Name
2. Phone Number
3. Contact Address
4. Country
5. Occupation
6. Age
For your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person or office claiming to be the right office to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. Because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (Atm-117) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Card Center by using it as your subject.

Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to pay $380 dollars only to homeland security company New york which is obvious cost arising for the security and delivery of the donation parcel and there will be no hidden fees. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds misappropriation.

Yours in Service,
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE
www.un.org/en/


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