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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 Nations Compensation Unit" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.unted@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 20:01:52 +0100
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.

The United Nations Headquarters
United Nations Compensation Unit
In Affiliation with World Bank
Our Ref: U.N/WBO/042UK/2016
New York
[1]United Nation goal to eradicate global poverty before 2030.
[2]Financial support to individuals,family and organization with bright purpose to fund their project.
[3]World/community development.
[4]Your email was submitted by the all world email providers and was chosen by ballot.
[5]The beneficiary will sponsor the claim charge of their  ATM Card.
 
 
IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.
We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund, recommended and approved in your favour.During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their private accounts, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.
We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the presidency. we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited in your favor through ATM card.
You are therefore advice to send your contact details to REV TED MOORE International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office Nigeria: EMAIL:revtedmoore.un@live.com to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card.
I Am Contacting You In Regards To The Instruction Given By United Nations, Please I Will Urge You To Try And Indicate On How You Want Your Fund To Be Released To You From The Three Options Above. They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per a day. So if you like to receive your funds through this means kindly let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the following information as stated below to them as directed above.
1. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER,
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARDTO (P.O BOX NOT
ACCEPTABLE)
3.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
4. HOME EQUITY {YES OR NO}.
5. YOUR FULL NAME.NOTE:
YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV MOORE WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS.AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $8.3 MILLION THEREST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE.
We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby making contact with Rev. Ted Moore as directed to avoid further delay.
 
 
Congratulations, and I look forward to hear from you as soon as you confirm your payment making the world a better place.
Regards,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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