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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- tax.paymentnotification@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Carl Corso" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tax.paymentnotification@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:49:01 -0300
Subject: Greetings, United Nations Headquarters,

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME

DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL

PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.

DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT

United Nations Headquarters,

New York, NY 10017 , USA

YOUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX0L8 UNITED NATIONS.

Greetings,

I am authorized by the newly appointed United Nations Secretary
General, and the Governing body of the United Nations Debt
Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your
payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of
my investigation, I discovered with dismay that your payment has been
unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government
regulatory organization in the United States who are trying to divert
your funds into their private accounts.

This is to bring to your notice that I am the Executive Director of
the United Nations Human Settlements Programmed (UN-Habitat) and I
have been instructed by the Secretary-General of The United Nations
Ban Ki-moon to pay 500 (Five Hundred) people who have been Victims of
Internet scam. The United Nations has decided to pay you $1,500,000
USD (One Million Five hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each.

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed
victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for
the release of your compensation funds.

This email is to 500 (Five Hundred) selected receipients that funds
has been extorted from. The United Nations has agreed to compensate
you and every foreign contractors that haven't received their contract
sum due to Government problems or irregularities etc.

I found your email in our list of unpaid beneficiary that is why I am
contacting you, this has been agreed upon and signed by the United
Nations Board of Trustees from the WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME. I
discovered that the document of your funds is intact and very much
available.

Note: The United Nations Board of Director have sign your ATM CARD
VALUED at $1.5 MILLION USD (One Million Five hundred Thousand
UnitedState Dollars), This funds are in an ATM CARD for security
purpose.

My contact details are as stated below :-

Name: Dr. Carl Corso

Email: tax.paymentnotification@yahoo.com

Phone Number:(+181-579-74828) (+1-706-956-2228)

Please reconfirm the following informations for your perusal.

1.Full Name:

2.Address:

3.Phone Number:

4.Country:

5.Occupation:

6.Sex:

7.Age:

I expect your urgent attention to this email to enable me monitor this
payment effectively. Most importantly you shall be requested to pay
the sum of $580 for the shipping fee of your ATM CARD with 100% no
extra charge or hidden fees involved.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. Carl Corso.
Executive Director United Nations Human Settlements Programme
United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)

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