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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr Alex White <mrsaishayakoub@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mralexwhite20017@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:36:03 +0100
Subject: Re. Your Long Abandoned Consignment Has Been Discovered!

From The Desk Of Mr Alex White
Director Of Operations, United Nations Inspection Unit
Logan International Airport-Boston USA
Tel- (+1) 617-475-0973

Attn: Sir/Madam

I am compelled to write you this urgent letter after i thoroughly
studied your abandoned consignments shipment details and found out
that you are still suffering from your experience in the hands of
hoodlums who tried to divert your funds to an unknown destination
before security operatives intercepted the funds and did a thorough
investigation to know who actually owned the funds.

It was during this process of verification and investigation that your
name and address appeared in all the legal documents backing your
funds delivery and they are in Hard copies and these documents
alongside with your consignments will be delivered at your bank
address as you suggested.

The only thing we need to do urgently and receive your funds is for us
to pay the Compulsory Non inspection charges to the government to
enable them issue me a Gate Pass/Delivery permit to bring your funds
to your address without any hitch and the cost of this charges is
$1,950 only. You will pay 70% of the charges while i will assist you
pay 30% of the charges.

I am not telling you all these secret information just to take
advantage of you neither am i doing this for the 10% of the funds.

Am only doing this because of my covenant with my God because the
whole documents clearly shows that the funds belong to you and if i
fail to tell you the truth, my conscience will always worry me, So to
be honest with you, it is against the Ethics of the UN workers to
involve or indulge in anything illegal as enshrined in the UN
charter,having said these and based on my position here and having
worked for years with the UN, i will not lose my personality i have
built over the years just because i am trying to help you.

The only thing required of us to do now is to pay the Compulsory Non
Inspection Charges of $1,950 to the authorities and after that , i
will be given delivery permit to deliver your funds to your
doorstep.In this regard, you will be responsible for 70% of the
charges while i will assist you pay 30% of the charges,

If you are not ready to receive the funds, what the UN will do is to
recommend the funds in question for "CONFISCATION" and channel the
funds for charity organization to help those that are been affected
by"Natural disaster such as War, Earthquake, Hurricane, ISISL and so
on, So if you are ready to receive your funds, i will be be ready to
do my own possible best to make you receive what rightly belong to
you.

However be duly informed that that the United Nations Secretary
general and the Airport Authorities has instructed us to compile our
inspection report and submit it before Friday to pave way for the
confiscation of your funds.

Based on this directives we will be submitting our inspection report
about your abandoned consignment here to the authorities by tomorrow
afternoon here, So failure for you to take immediate decision for the
Delivery of your funds today of first thing tomorrow morning, you will
never receive your funds again.

Based on the urgency of the matter at hand now, i advise you to do
your best and get back to me so that i start the process immediately.
Contact me on my Confidential Email here for more elaborate
discussion: mralex_white009@hotmail.com

You can as well call me or this number for more elaborate
discussion.(+1) 617-475-0973

I look forward in hearing from you.

Signed,
Mr.Alex White
Director Inspection Unit
United Nations Inspection Agent.
Boston Logan International Airport,t.
Unicef Boston - Harborside Dr, Boston, MA 02128
USA

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