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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 PHILIP MORE <richardm@lochusa.com >
Reply-To: philipmore71@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:38:14 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


Dear: Sir/Madam,
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My name is Mr.philip more, I am UN Police adviser and was mandated by
my superiors to come to Nigeria-Africa and investigate frauds that are bei=
ng committed here at intervals and give possibly professional advise on wh=
at should be done to eradicate scam completely out of this nation. I am pr=
esently working with the Nigerian inspector general of police, The Economi=
c and Financial Crime Commission, The Independent Corrupt Practices Commis=
sion (ICPC), FBI and CIA agents to ensure that this ugly virus (FRAUD) is =
Stopped as fast as possible..
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I am highly honored to be part of this historic group to eradicate fraud c=
ompletely out of Nigeria and I have vowed to do put in my best to get a 10=
0% success without any fear or favor," but it baffles me to discover that =
your impending fund from Africa, which was intercepted by IMF,has not been=
released to you till this moment after it was approved and cleared by The=
Nigerian Federal Ministry of Finance. It is also clearly indicated that y=
ou have made several attempts and spent so much money to transfer your fun=
ds to your account but to no avail. With the help of the Nigerian Police, =
special FBI and CIA agents that came with me, We have apprehend the head o=
f scam operators/syndicates in Nigeria by name Mr. Keith Hasson who made s=
ome confessional statements and indited Ex-Governor of Central Bank of Ni=
geria (Professor Charles Soludo and his successor Dr.Lamido Sanusi).These =
evil doers have confessed how they have impersonated the names of some UN =
Executive members like MR BAN KI-MOON, Mrs.Inga-Britt Ahlenius and Ms.Carm=
an L. Lapointe, Mrs Paulette Beal to defraud their victims.
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However,We have discovered the irregularities in foreign payment files int=
entionally masterminded by these scamers and urgently called the attention=
of the World Bank President and Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and they both ordered tha=
t the Federal Government of Nigeria must pay a total amount of $5.5M as co=
mpensation to each of the people whose names were found in the list till t=
his irregularities have been corrected.
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This approved amount must be made available to all beneficiaries within th=
e next seven banking days or an Economic Sanction will be placed on Nigeri=
a by the UN and other international Organizations.
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NOTE: On no account must you be requested to pay any fee to any Bank or in=
dividual in Nigeria. The only fee you must pay to receive your fund which =
covers every other fee is a UN POLICE FUND ATTESTATION CLEARANCE FEE. This=
said document, shall attest and confirm to all authorities concerned both=
here in Nigeria and there in your country that you genuinely inherited th=
is said fund from the Federal Government of Nigeria. The fee must be paid =
directly to the UN Office here with your name and information as the sende=
r so as to ascertain that you are the true beneficiary of this approved fu=
nd.
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WARNING!!!!!!. The UN has never for once sent any Diplomat to Nigeria for =
any payment. IF you have any dealings with anyone claiming to be any of th=
ese persons, please STOP immediately or we shall cancel this payment of U=
SD$5.5M that has already been approved to you.
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Thanks for your anticipated compliance to this message.
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Regards,
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Mr. philip more
UN Police Adviser/Deputy Secretary-General.

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