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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: Geoffrey Kire <geoffreykire2323@gmail.com>
Reply-To: geoffreykire@onet.pl
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:40:26 +0100
Subject: UNITED-NATIONS INCONJUNCTION WITH THE (IMF)

UNITED NATIONS (IMF ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS,
UNITED-NATIONS INCONJUNCTION WITH THE (IMF)
RE-UNION ASSISTED RECONCILIATION PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL CASH PAYMENT DELIVERY
WITH IMMUNITY CLEARANCE ON ALL UN-PAID FOREIGN OWED PAYMENT UNIT,
Our Ref: UN/IMF/UKAPPROVED-PLAN/2017
8 Tor View Rawtenstall, Lancashire
England, United Kingdom.

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA CASH DELIVERY.

I am Mr. Geoffrey Kire, the newly appointed director general in charge
of approving & releasing all owed unpaidunreleased foreign payments
and also the special adviser to the United-Nation fighting against the
un-necessary delays of beneficiaries unclaimed payment including yours
which was recently discovered this week that has not been paid to you
such as Next of Kin inheritance fund, Lottery winning fund and other
contract fund by the present BRITISH GOVERNMENT after series of
investigation conducted. We are very sorry that you have not received
your payment all this while; God in Haven knows that we don’t know
that you have not gotten your payment till today.

I am delighted whole heartedly to inform you that the
contract/Inheritance panel of the UN, which just concluded its seating
in London federal capital territory just released your (E-mail Id &
Name) among the currently approved beneficiaries who are to benefit
100% from this very diplomatic immunity 1st quarter payment of the
year. This panel was primarily delegated to investigate and to
genuinely manipulate all owed debts and claims as it has eaten deep
into the economy of the Great Britain-London.

However, I wish to personally bring to your urgent notice, so that you
will be aware that your unclaimed payment data's is still reflecting
in our central computer as unpaid and un-claimed owed debt in my
department where I newly work as the new appointed (UN) lawyer in
charge of approving & releasing of all unpaid debts recently recovered
back by the (UN) office in London been our branch after discovering
that your payment has been delayed un-necessary due to one reason or
another while auditing was going on this week.

Your own file was personally forwarded to my executive office by the
chief auditors of the (UN) as an unclaimed fund. At this moment, I
wish to use this medium of communication to inform you that for the
time being the (UN) has completely stopped further payment through
bank to bank transfer, ATM Card, Bank Draft or Check Payment due to
numerous petitions received from the United States home-land security,
the FBI, IMF and other financial and security agencies to UK
Government against our banks on wrong payment and diversion of
innocent beneficiaries owed funds to a different account.

In this regards, I am going to use my good office now to send you your
just approved part-payment in the tune of $9M (Nine million United
States Dollars) only by cash to you via a special (UN) universal
diplomatic delivery means to you. In process of doing that, I will
personally secure every needed documents as the newly appointed lawyer
representing the (UN) office now to cover the money including the
affidavit to claim of this particular unclaimed payment from our
federal high court here in London which will bestow the right and
privilege to you as the rightful beneficiary who is to receive this
payment after meeting up with the delivery requirement as the British
law stipulates.

All these will be done perfectly only on the condition that you will
give me 20% of the funds we are about disbursing to you which is One
Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States dollars only out of the
$9Million you are to receive as soon as you receive the money which
will come to you thro ugh Diplomatic means.

Note: The money will be coming on 2 security proof trunk boxes. The
boxes are already sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with
machine by the managing of this organization and i also want you to
know that the management is not aware of my plans with you in this
transaction, so you have to keep it a top secret till me and you are
able to conclude this very transaction. This fund was brought to us
from the World Bank special delegates because the funds itself was
meant for our local fame market here in the UK. But you don't have to
worry for any thing that need to be taking care of here in London, as
this transaction is 100% risk free and will remain legit as long as
you work with me transparently. The boxes are coming with a diplomatic
agent assigned by the management of this organization. Who will
accompany the boxes to your house address or any address you will
provide to me for this transaction to enable us complete.

All you need to do now upon your willing acceptance on my condition,
is to send to me a promising note shows that you will give me 20% of
the funds as soon as you receive the $9Million and your full house
address and your identity such as, international passport or driver
license including your personal contact phone numbers which must be a
working numbers, the UN Dispatch Rider will travel with it. He will
call you immediately he arrives in your country's airport to update
you and I hope you understand each and every point that I have made
clear to you in this email message am sending to you.

WARNING/ADVISE: Please note carefully that any money requested from
you by anybody, office, banks or group of people from Africa such as
Nigeria, Ghana etc or any part of the world to receive your payment
expect the United-Nation Appointed Commission Office (UK), presently
in charge of recovering all un-necessary delayed unclaimed owed debts
payments, whom the FBI, IMF and oth er financial agencies have
irrevocably approved that should serve you better and ensure you
receive your payment this time around, so kindly note that any money
sent by you to any office in Africa/Nigeria is at your OWN RISK, so
stay away from any other office, person or group of people and face
only the United-Nation Appointed Approved Payment Disbursing High
Commission Office only till your payment gets to you safely through
Diplomatic means.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: for security reasons and to enable both of us
conclude this transaction successfully, note that the UN Dispatch
Rider coming with the consignment boxes will not know the original
contents inside the boxes he is to deliver to you. So what I and our
accredited management will declare to him that is inside the
consignment boxes is a sensitive photographic film material and
classified volume confidential company's contract documents.

Also note categorically that, before I proceed with the next
arrangement, you are advice to respond back to me immediately and we
agree first before I seal this transaction with you and if you have
any question to ask for more clarification before and remember to send
the required information directly to my Email address and I will let
you know how far I have gone with the arrangement. I will secure the
diplomatic immunity clearance certificate that will be tagged on the
boxes to make it stand as a diplomatic consignment. This clearance
will make it pass every custom checking point all over the world
without any hitch. All this I will do with my own money as your
partner.

I am highly committed and willing to serve you better whole-heartedly.

Congratulations Once again, your God have seen you through at last.

Respectfully Yours in-service,

Mr. Geoffrey Kire

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