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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: "Mr. Ban Ki-moon" <cs@62gob.ru>
Reply-To: <mrallisondaniel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:39:39 +0300
Subject: Attention: Sir/Madam,

Attention: Sir/Madam,
 
Due to the petitions received by the UNITED NATIONS,I Secretary-General Ban ki-moon is in charged with the duty of looking into all the fraudulent activities going on in the West African sub-region with security's agent and diplomats who has been delaying people's funds from different continent in regards to, consignment and valuables in their custody, and demand outrageous fees to get their consignment released to them.
 
We found your Email in our list and that is why we are contacting you. We are happy to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid of transparency. However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your funds has been approved and upgraded in your favour which will then be delivered to your home address via Air-Mail Courier Service. Your profile code number is: TT20/K232/99 takes note of this code for security reasons.
 
Finally your ATM Master CARD worth 5.8 Million United State Dollars has just been delivered through DHL Delivery Courier to Mr. Allison Daniel who works with the IMF where it is going to be activated before final delivery to your home address. You can use the tracking number with the tracking site below to track the ATM Master CARD to be sure it has just been delivered to Mr. Allison Daniel for activation, Please you are advise to get in touch with him now and make every arrangement to send him the $125 USD for activation so that he can get your ATM Master CARD worth 5.8 Million United State Dollars activated and delivered to you without any further delay.
 
www.dhl.com
DHL Tracking Number: 6347301903
 
Below is the contact information of Mr. Allison Daniel
 
Contact Name: Mr. Allison Daniel
Contact E-mail: mrallisondaniel@gmail.com
Contact Number: +1-731-602-4518
 
You are to contact Mr. Allison Daniel with your correct delivery information below on his email address above so he can guild you on how your ATM Master CARD will be activated and delivered to your home address.
 
1)YOUR FULL NAME.
2)YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4)YOUR PROFESSION.
5)YOUR ID/AGE
 
Note: We are working according to the constitution binding this committee as well as helping the less privilege through this means. Also dont forget thet the only fee requested to activation your package before it been send to you is nothing but just $125 USD, so kindly take note and dont send him more then $125 USD as stated.
 
Congratulations once more.
 
Best Regards,
Mr. Ban Ki-moon
(Secretary-General UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/biography.shtml.
Making the world a better place.

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