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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 Reconciliation Center Switzerland" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <un_swiss@volny.cz>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:45:57 -0700
Subject: From The Desk of Mr. Oliver Len

From The Desk of Mr. Oliver Len
Consultant & International Payment Coordinator
United Nations Reconciliation Center Switzerland
Palais des Nations, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 518 6328
Email: un_swiss@volny.cz

Dear Fund Beneficiary,

In a brief introduction I am Mr. Oliver Len the International payment
coordinator with the United Nations Reconciliation Center here in Genève,
Switzerland. We are the nominated payment fiduciaries agent to several
Europe, America, Africa Banks and Finance & Security Companies including
Lottery Agents. We are charged presently with the sole responsibility of
vetting, scrutinizing and approving beneficiaries for payments through our
international payment networks.

This letter contains facts that have led to several stop orders and
concerns that were issued to suspend the transfer of your payment to you
the beneficiary.

During an in-depth verification exercise instituted by my office on your
payment, I discovered the fact and after proper consideration I have
decided to contact you. Be informed that several persons are behind the
delay why you have not received your payment. They are not directly after
your approved sum rather they are after the accrued interest they make by
allowing your funds stay in foreign banks and also with local banks. It is
a known fact that they can’t steal or divert your approved sum but causing
several delays and big financial obligation as obstacle to buy time and
have the principal sum stay on fixed deposit allow them makes interest on
the funds.

As the head of this delegation, I have advised that all approved sum in
foreign reserve and local banks should be recalled back to the apex bank
so that a re-approval will be done and all obligation holding any
beneficiary such as your case is looked into and approved for immediate
payment. Don’t be surprised that most of your beneficiary status
information has been changed and you only get simple details of payment
information while these underdogs monitor all procedures and ensure that
they still pin down these funds for their personal interest.

It is very important you reconfirm your details such as,

1, Your Full names, 2, Your Full address, 3, Your Direct Phone Number, 4,
A copy of your ID.

This will allow us ensure that we are dealing with the right beneficiary
and also ensure that your beneficiary status information are correct in
your payment file. Upon receipt of this details, we will proceed without
any delay and you as a beneficiary will receive your payment in due time.

Regards,

Mr. Oliver Len
Consultant & International Payment Coordinator
United Nations Reconciliation Center Switzerland
Palais des Nations, 1211 Genève, Switzerland

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