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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: Harry Ward <2935@net-channels.com>
Reply-To: harrw82@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:37:50 +0300
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA CASH DELIVERY.



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UNITED NATIONS/FBI/IMF ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS,
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX2020
(United Nation) Human Right Activist Dept
On Debts Reconciliation On Foreign Payment Matters,
Unit B1, 50 Bank Street London E14 5NS,
London, United Kingdom.


IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA CASH DELIVERY.


I am Barr. Harry Ward, the newly appointed director general in charge of
approving & releasing all owed yet unpaid foreign payments and also the
special adviser to the United-Nation.

I am delighted to inform you that the contract/Inheritance panel of the
UN, which just concluded it’s seating in London just released your
(E-mail ID & Name) among the currently approved beneficiaries who are to
benefit 100% from this very diplomatic 1st quarter payment of the year.
This panel was primarily delegated to investigate all genuinely owed
debts and lottery claims as it has been over due.

At this moment, I wish to use this medium of communication to inform you
that for the time being the (UN) has completely stopped further payment
through bank to bank transfer, ATM Card, Bank Draft or Check Payment due
to numerous petitions received from the united states home-land
security, the FBI, IMF and other financial and security agencies to UK
Government against our banks on wrong payment and diversion of innocent
beneficiaries owed funds to a different account.

In this regards, I am going to use my good office now to send your
approved part-payment in the tune of $7,000,000.00 (Seven million United
States Dollars) only by cash to you via a diplomatic courier to your
door step. I will personally secure every needed documents as the newly
appointed lawyer representing the (UN) office here in London. All these
will be done perfectly only on the condition that you will give me 20%
of the funds.

All you need to do now upon your acceptance of my condition, is to send
to me the following: Your full name, Home delivery address where the
consignment will be delivered, your telephone number, Your means of
identification, either passport or driver's license.

Please, I need your urgent reply.

Respectfully Yours in-service,

Barrister Harry Ward

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