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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: "UN Payout Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unaucdsb.atmpayment@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:15:05 +0800
Subject: GoodNEWS / Respond ASAP

>From Desk of:Elizabethe Lisa Octohauns (Mrs)
For: Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
United Nations Office at Geneva
Palais des Nations, 1211 Gen?ve, Switzerland
http://www.un.org/sg/

UN/EU/IMF Pay{ATM Compensation Payment Notification Valued at US$5.100.000.00}

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that the UN/IMF Compensation and Debt Settlement Bureau in conjunction
with the European Union (EU) and the ATM International Inc wishes to congratulate you on the
successful emergence in our ongoing fund remittance promo for all Scam victims, ecological
and fire disaster affected individuals to be issued ATM Global Cash Card for compensation
around the globe. This scheme was initiated by the United Nations, International Monetary
Fund (IMF), with European Union (EU) and the ATM Inc. to compensate all Such victims and also
to help the world in the sustainable 2020 Poverty Alleviation Scheme and Economic Meltdown.
In regards to this, we wish to inform you that your compensation funds valued at US$5.100.000.00
{Five Million and One Hundred United States Dollars} has been authorized to be released to you
through our ATM Global Cash Centre stated hereunder.

BENEFICIARY SELECTION PROCESS

No tickets were sold out. Your email was among other lucky emails/Scam Victims users selected
RANDOMLY via United Nations e-wheel World Wide Web (WWW) Computer Ballot System drawn from over
5,000,000 companies and 5,000,000 individual email/Scam Victims from all over the world during
the all victims Online EMAIL selection draw.In the mean time we have been mandated to issue out
this payment via our ATM Global Swift Cash Card Payment, which is the latest technology powered
by the ATM Global Inc. This ATM Global Swift Cash Card will be credited/uploaded with your above
referenced fund and couriered to your door step via Exclusive Royal Classified Courier and a
tracking number will be issued to you to enable you track your parcel till it gets to its final
destination.This ATM card can be used in any ATM machine/cash Point anywhere in the world, so to
confirm to us your readiness to receive your fund immediately, please, you are advised to feel
free to contact our Director of the ATM Global Cash Centre with the requested information as
listed below to the following office via email stated hereunder.

The Director
ATM Global Cash Centre.
UN/EU Compensation and Debt Settlement Bureau {UNAUCDSB}
London.
Email: un-payout-office@mail.md
Contact Person: Rev. Elliot Blu


Required information:
1. Full Name.............................
2. Phone and Fax Number..................
3. Address...............................
4. Your Age and..........................
5. Current Occupation....................
5. Country...............................

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our Code of conduct, which is (UNAUATM-0515)
so you have to indicate this Secret Code Number when contacting the ATM Global Cash Centre by using
it as your subject. Now contact our Director of ATM Global Cash Center Manager for more details AND
directives for the immediate release of your ATM Global cash card.

We Wait For Your urgent Response.

Yours in Service,

Elizabethe Lisa Octohauns (Mrs)
For: Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
United Nations Office at Geneva
Palais des Nations, 1211 Gen?ve, Switzerland
http://www.un.org/sg/

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