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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: "UNITED NATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesinana@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:17:54 -0500
Subject: NOTIFICATION FROM UN.

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT
United Nations Headquarters,
New York, NY 10017, USA.
OUR REF:UN/WR/011.4XXVX/100
YOUR REF;CBN/WBA/345-BS/2014
Greetings:
We were authorized by the newly appointed United Nation 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 our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regulatory organs in Nigeria who are trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC. to pay 300 victims from your country this 2016 who has being Victims of Internet scams,the United Nations has decided to pay you USD2.5M each of the internet scam victim.
You are listed and approved for this payment in this month of june. please you are advice to  get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your fund.
Note that United Nations Board of Director have sign your ATM CARD PARCEL in the favor of your name and handed it over to Rev James Inana Chief Protocol Officer,  Dispatch Unit to arrange the delivery process, you have to contact Rev James Inana in charge of your ATM CARD PARCEL, as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in UNITED STATE and AFRICA region.
 
Rev James Inana
Chief Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit.
Director of Foreign Operations &
Foreign Remittance Department
Email: jamesinana@aol.com
Direct Telephone line:+234-8146107398
As soon as you establish a communication with him, ensure that you provide your present address as below to the contact in other for the Officer to effect the change and Re-direct the parcel to your home address.
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
He will be expecting your email and urgent attention to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively.
Most importantly you shall be requested to pay the sum of 250USD by Rev James Inana as the Security Keeping Fee of your PARCEL to your door step. because the delivery fee have been sorted out by the UN,Please contact Rev James Inana now,
Sincerely yours,
Yours Faithfully,
Secretary-General BAN KI MOON
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
 

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