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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 Office London UK." <monitoringunitsb@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitednationofficelondon15@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 15:52:57 +0100
Subject: From United Nations Office London UK.

*UNITED NATIONS LONDON OFFICE*
*United Nations Association of the UK*
* INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT*
*3 Whitehall Ct, Westminster, London SW1A 2EL, UK*
* PHONE/FAX: NO. +44-704-574952*
* EMAIL: **unitednationofficelondon15@gmail.com*
<unitednationofficelondon15@gmail.com>

*
Our Ref: UN/PAYMENT/CREDIT/CARD*
*
DATE: 8-24-2018*

*Attn Beneficiary,*

*Re: Payment Guarantee of your Approved Fund **$8,700,000.00 **Eight
Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only*

*Sir*


*My name is Mrs. Gloria Okeke, Director Finance & ATM Credit Card, United
Nations Office London UK. This honorable office wish to inform you that we
recovered some funds both in Nigeria and other Africa sub-regions, Europe,
Asia and America continent and your names was shortlisted among other (15)
beneficiaries that will be paid their recovered inheritance, lotto and
contract fund at this verge of time by BANK DRAFT or BANK CARD. We also
want to let you know that we only recovered $$8,700,000.00 because your
fund was stolen by the fraudsters and they were transferring your fund bit
by bit into their account for their own use, we recovered only $8.7Million.*

* Please respond immediately, do you know Mr. Alfred B. Sims from New York
City. Please stop giving people information about your fund, they will
discourage you and collect fund $8.7Million from you and at the end you
will still come back here to pick up your bank draft. Although your bank
draft will be canceled on Wednesday being 29th of August 2018 to avoid the
criminals that you are dealing with, claiming to be the staffs of United
Nations and your representative. We have our evidence here with us.*

* Your fund will be paid to you by BANK DRAFT or CASH PAYMENT which is now
ready but you need to come to our payment center in London to sign your
payment release documents and pick up your BANK DRAFT or CASH PAYMENT.
Please be informed that the eagle eye of our staffs tracked down the bank
account where your stolen fund was transferred to which is stated below.*

* Account Name **Mr. Alfred B. Sims*
* Citibank Banamex USA*
*2029 Century Park East Los Angeles, CA 90067*
<https://maps.google.com/?q 29+Century+Park+East+Los+Angeles,+CA+90067&entry=gmail&source=g>
* Phone: 1-800-222-7534*
* Routing Number: 122233645*
* Account Number: 5944130210*

* You are to Re-confirm YOUR NAMES, PHONE, ADDRESS, NEXT OF KIN. AND FAX
NUMBER TO CLAIM YOUR FUND. We are sincerely sorry for what you might have
gone through in the hands of notorious fraudsters in the time past. Note
that this honorable office was inaugurated to combat financial crime and
activities looming all over the globe.*

* CAUTION!!! You are advised to stop further communication with any other
office or bank both in Europe and Africa except this office for your own
interest if only you want to receive your recovered fund.*

*Please very important you send your reply to my private email address: *
*unitednationofficelondon15@gmail.com*
<unitednationofficelondon15@gmail.com>


* Please find attached my working ID Card for your perusal. *
*BEST REGARDS.*

*Yours Sincerely*

*Mrs. Gloria Okeke*
*Director Finance & Credit Card *
*United Nations Office London UK*

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