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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. Adila Arief Djali" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lordmanwalter@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:19:42 -0300
Subject: Your Payment is Ready

United Nations Amnesty International
Foreign Debt Initiative Program
Investigation Department.
Indonesia Chapter.
Menara Thamrin Building, 3A floor
Jalan MH Thamrin, Kav. 3
Jakarta 10250, Indonesia.

Payment ref note: 347/SOC-202/XV/17

Notification on Your Recovered Entitlement Funds US$10.5M

Attn. Beneficiary

We wish to inform you that your track past transaction inheritance overdue /compensation payment entitled to you, which also originated from Africa has been recovered, after several attempt made by some corrupt officials from African and United Kingdom to divert such funds belonging to you to their personal bank account across.

However, we were informed on this note by the Department of Homeland Security,Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate and put a stop to such an illegal funds diversion. Therefore in collaboration with the law enforcement agencies in across Asian region's, where such funds are diverted, we have succeeded to make recovery of your divert funds, also frozen such an account where these funds were moved into. It might interest you to know that, this has been the reason why you were unable to receive your funds despite all your effort and money you have invested in the course of getting your entitled payment. Therefore you are advise henceforth to stop every communication and contact with whosoever emailing or contacting you over such payment. such contact or communication is illegal and unauthorized.

The United Nation Foreign Debt Initiative Program is to enhance and make life better for all who has been denied their lawful payment for the past years and decade. We actually understand the pains and frustration such condition have cause you, and your family. We understand it was out of ignorance you didn't follow the rightful measure to initiate claim of your entitle payment. However we shall henceforth direct and advise you to the appropriate payment security vault where your funds has been deposited for safety measure for your payment and claim.

To enable us proceed, such requires that beneficiary whose email is contacted therein, should re-confirm the below information for due payment verification. This are security measure through our data collection to ascertain information provide to be authentic, and to avoid unauthorized person making further claim, thereafter we shall provide you with further information how to receive your funds.


1) Beneficiary full name's

2) Complete address

3) Valid telephone Landline/Mobile

4) Age/titled

Therefore upon confirmation of your above information to this address email account here ( djaliaarief@hotmail.com ) we shall send a re-bate signal to the appropriate payment security vault to process and release your payment to you. Please kindly confirm and get back to us.

Congratulation in advance!

Thank you.

Yours sincerely

Mr. Adila Arief Djali
National Information Officer
Investigation Department.
Indonesia Chapter.

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