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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: "UN CREDIT DEPT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <2b22i@neko2.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 06:41:10 +0100
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Please read carefully,

On behalf of the organizing and scientific working committee, the United Nations inform you that after a Four-day summit from 14th -18th May, 2018 in London, United Kingdom with the International Fund Monetary Unit/ Award Winners Committee/ Fund Transfer Dept. in charge of Lottery winnings and Compensations in the year 2012 -2017. We discovered that your name is among of the lottery/compensation winners in these years but you could not receive your award because of one reason or the other. Maybe you were not notified.

In this case, we have decided to guide all fund beneficiaries of above years, to go ahead and received their fund because it has been approved and the money has been transfer to United Nations Financial Department to enable all beneficiaries to receive their fund to avoid returning of fund back as unclaimed. I want you again to understand that your payment file has been moved out of this country and your payment file was moved to our paying bank in USA, this will enable us forward your name to the payment table for fast processing of your transfer.

You are required to contact below information to Mrs. Joyce Morris (US Citizen) who is in-charge of all unclaimed payment files. Therefore, you are advice to contact her and let her to understand that you are one of beneficiary to enable her start processing your file;

Contact Person: Miss. Joyce Morris
e-mail: 2b22i@neko2.net
Customer Ref No: AFTES/347EP
WINC Number: RC PK8020E

Your fund will be released to you as soon as possible you get back.

Ms. Cristina Parceog
The UN
[Assistant Secretary-General]
Financial Department.

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