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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 MARKSON WILLIAMS <curriculos@inflor.com.br>
Reply-To: <marksonwilliamb@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 05:06:03 +0500
Subject: YOUR FUND HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT


FROM THE DESK OF MR MARKSON WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION-UK
3 WHITEHALL COURT,LONDON,
SW1A 2EL,UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel:(+44) 844-202-9577
Fax:(+44) 843-564-3072.



Dear Beneficiary,

We are delighted to inform you that after critical examinations of the
whole process, the United Nations Organization, In Conjunction with
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) And World Bank Fact-Finding $
Special Duties Office Geneva, Switzerland have finally verified your
contract/inheritance payment file and found out why you have not
received your payment.

Please, We hereby express our sympathy with you over the whole
situation that had culminated in the whole delay in the payment of
your funds as we want you to comply with this Office even as we assure
you of a quickest released your funds to you without further delay.

Meanwhile Our utmost Priority is to ensure maximum security of your
Funds Remittance and also to protect the movement of the Fund into
your desired account in your Country or any place you wish the funds
should be transferred to. I wish to let you know that all your efforts
so far in this transaction will never be in vain. We promise that you
must receive your funds successfully into your account without further
stress and also to put a lasting smile on your face and your success
in this transaction must be fruitfully achieved.


Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with the
former officials that handled your payment in the past without
results, which made your entire attempt to secure the release of your
fund to you, proves abortive.

We wish to advise you that such illegal act have to be stopped by you,
as a matter of fact, this Office will not entertain your further
dealings with any third party to avoid duplication of effort on your
payment process in other to serve you better otherwise your payment
will be cancelled. We are out to correct the wrong done in the past
and all we want from you is your utmost co-operation and kind
understanding by adhering to the lay down instruction.

It is our concern that you should discontinue any other further
communications with any person/persons claiming to be working with any
other Bank / Security company henceforth as they have been stopped any
official assignment on behalf of the affiliated Bank to avoid any
duplication of efforts in diverting your funds to a wrong Account, if
you really wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring
a solution to your problem.


Right now we have arranged your approved part payment amounting to
Five million Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars only
(US$5,250,000),that is the latest instruction by the United Nations
Organization In Conjunction with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
and World Bank.

Note:because of imposters, we hereby issued you our code of
conduct,which is your Transaction Number (RC 1356990745/2018). So, you
have to indicate this code when contacting us for security reasons. On
behalf of the UN, IMF and World Bank, we are sincerely sorry for what
you must have passed through in the course of actualizing your fund
payment.

As soon as you respond to this confidential letter by reconfirming to
us the following details:


(1) Full Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Country
(4) Nationality:
(5) A Copy Of Your Identification
(6) Age:
(7) Gender:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Direct phone #:
(10) Direct Fax #:
(11) Alternative e-mail:


Immediately the above details are received and validated, your payment
will be processed for payment without any strings attached.

And if you are no longer interested to claim your funds then we advise
you to send us a letter stating clearly that you are no longer
interested to claim the funds and that the Board should cancel your
payment and declare the funds to the Treasury Account.

We anticipate hearing from you positively for us to serve you better.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Markson Williams
HEAD OF PAYMENT UNIT
THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION
UNITED KINGDOM

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