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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: "Lydia Noah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unccpmoln@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:23:03 -0700
Subject: Payment of US$5,600,000.00 to your account

Ref: UNFC/CPD508/560UK

Good Morning,

We wish to congratulate and inform you that after thorough review of all unclaimed funds, lottery funds, Inheritance and contract funds, etc. in conjunction with the auditor;s reports sent to the united nation accounts department, your payment file was forwarded to this office for immediate transfer of US$5,600,000.00 to your bank account, a compensation for your funds retarded.

The auditors reports shows that you have been going through hard times by paying a lot of money to certain group of individuals for the transfer of funds to your bank account, but you have experienced series of delay without progress from dubious officials.

We therefore advice, that you stop further correspondence with any officer or persons outside this office as you have met with the funds transfer requirements.

Should you follow our directives, your US$5,600,000.00 compensation will be credited to your bank account within the next three (3) working days and copies of the fund transfer release documents will be sent to you and your bankers for confirmation.

For the immediate transfer of the US$5,600,000.00 to your bank account, kindly contact Mrs. Helen Edward today with the below information;

Contact Name: Mrs. Helen Edward
E-mail: unccpmoln@yahoo.co.jp (OR) mdredban775@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE: All correspondences to Mrs. Helen Edward should have the reference number: Ref: UNFC/CPD508/560UK sent along with your Full Names and Telephone numbers for prompt attention.

Yours sincerely,

Lydia Noah
Financial services

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