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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: "MS HEIDI LIOCE MENDOZA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <undersecretaryheidilmendoza@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:09:22 -0800
Subject: DEAR UNPAID BENEFICIARY !

FROM: MS HEIDI LIOCE MENDOZA
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT
SERVICES IN OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA F.C.T ABUJA NIGERIA.
OUR REF: FGN/UN/XXVBCH147/2017
DEAR UNPAID BENEFICIARY,
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT FILE PRESENTLY ON MY DESK, AND I FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT DUE TO YOUR LACK OF CO-OPERATION AND NOT FULFILLING THE OBLIGATIONS GIVING TO YOU IN RESPECT TO YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT. SECONDLY, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO STOP DEALING WITH SOME NON-OFFICIALS IN THE BANK AS THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ACT AND WILL HAVE TO STOP IF YOU SO WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY.
U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL HAS APPROVED TO PAY YOU YOUR PAYMENT VALUED US$8,300,000.00 "EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS. FUND APPROVAL.THE PRESIDENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK ORGANIZATION DO HEREBY GIVE THIS IRREVOCABLE APPROVAL ORDER WITH YOUR RELEASE CODE: GNC/3650/11/17 IN YOUR FAVOR FOR YOUR MASTER CARD ATM CASH PAYMENT WITH UNITED NATIONS, TO YOUR ADDRESS.
NOW YOUR NEW PAYMENT,UNITED NATIONS APPROVAL NO; NG567P, REFERENCE NO.-30295, ALLOCATION NO: 3426 PASSWORD NO: 7644, PIN CODE NO: K875 AND YOUR CERTIFICATE OF MERIT PAYMENT NO: 875, RELEASED CODE NO: 059; IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION CONFIRMATION NO: -8575; SECRET CODE NO: XXTN554, HAVING RECEIVED THESE VITAL PAYMENT CODE, THEREFORE YOU ARE QUALIFIED NOW TO RECEIVED AND CONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE NEXT 72HRS.
THE NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTERPOL ENHANCED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AFTER THERE LAST MEETING WITH THE U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A MANDATE TO THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA TO BOOST THE EXERCISE OF CLEARING ALL FOREIGN DEBTS OWED TO YOU AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND NOT TO HAVE RECEIVE THEIR CONTRACT SUM,LOTTERY/GAMBLING, INHERITANCE AND THE LIKES.
 
WE WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR FUNDS VIA ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, AND THE MAXIMUM DAILY LIMIT IS FIVE THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS($5,000.00) VALUED SUM AT {US$8,300,000.00} YOUR PAYMENT WOULD BE SENT TO YOU VIA FEDEX DELIVERY SERVICE, WE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THEM WHICH SHOULD EXPIRED BY DECEMBER 24-2017.
KINDLY RECONFIRM YOUR MAILING ADDRESS FOR DELIVERY OF YOUR FUND VIA ATM CARD.
(1) YOUR FULL NAME:
(2) FULL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
(3) DIRECT MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
(4) AGE/PRESENT OCCUPATION:.
THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.
BEST REGARDS,
MS HEIDI LIOCE MENDOZA
CC: SENATE PRESIDENT.
CC: ALL FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICES.
CC: BOARD OF DIRECTORS .
CC: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION
CC: CENTRAL BUREAU OF INTERPOL
CC: UNITED NATION OFFICE
CC: FEDERATION PRESIDENT.

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