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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: =?UTF-8?B?TVIuIFNUw4lQSEFORSBEVUpBUlJJQw==?=<info@bateria.net>
Reply-To: R.B.C.gerarddolan1@hotmail.com
Date: 26 May 2020 14:40:01 +0200
Subject: No. 038 PAYMENT ORDER VIA ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER (EFT)

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
PALAIS DES NATIONS, 1211 GENEVA 10, SWITZERLAND.
TEL/FAX: +41 (0) 22 917 0123

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER
(EFT)

This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the
help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to
track down so many of this scam artist in
various parts of African countries and Europe, which includes
(Republic of Benin, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Spain, Ghana,
Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now,
they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague
(Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to
recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nations
Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
have ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers to be
shared among 100 Lucky people around the World for compensation.
This Email/Letter is been directed to you because your email
address and country name was found in one of the scammer Artists
file and computer hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore
being compensated with the sum of $ 1, 630,000.00 (One Million
Six Hundred Thirty Thousand United State Dollars).

We have arranged your payment to be paid to you direct to your
bank account in your country. To receive the above fund, you are
therefore advised to contact the
(Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) private bank agent) who will transfer
the fund to your bank account from Reserve Bank. We have advised
the Bank Agent to open a private email address with a new number
as to enable us to monitor this payment and the transfer
communications to avoid further delay or misdirection of your
fund. Kindly contact the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Agent now
with the below contact details:

Contact: MR. GERARD DOLAN
Compensation Fund Transfer Dept.
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
Contact Email: R.B.C.gerarddolan1@hotmail.com
Contact him now and forward the below details to him:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Cell/Mobile Number:

Yours in Service.
MR. STÉPHANE DUJARRIC
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit.

Please make sure you are a scam victim to respond to this Email
if this mail come as an Error Ignore it and Delete Immediately

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