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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: "dj@info-un.com" <web@successionid.com>
Reply-To: info@info-un.com
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:31:05 -0400
Subject: Re $10.5m (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)
Transfer in Progress



--
INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT
UNIT UNITED NATION(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT
AND TRANSFERS.Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
DEBT SETTLEMENT PANEL

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

RE: VERIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE.

FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING FUNDS DUE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT, YOUR
NAME/PARTICULARS WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE APPROVED LIST. I WISH TO
INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED AND FROM THE RECORD IN
MY FILE, THE TOTAL SUM OF US$10.5M HAVE BEEN APPROVED ON YOUR BEHALF FOR
THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE HAVE ASSIGNED THE Union Bank of Switzerland
(UBS),TO HANDLE ALL RELATED TRANSACTIONS TO AVOID FURTHER COMPLAIN FROM
BENEFICIARIES ABOUT INCESSANT TAXES, FEES AND LEVIES.

KINDLY RE-CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY TO FACILITATE
THE ISSUANCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT JUSTIFICATION ORDER DOCUMENT ON
YOUR BEHALF WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE Union Bank of Switzerland
(UBS) FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS.

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) CONTACT ADDRESS:
3) NATIONALITY:
4) OCCUPATION:
5) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
6) GENDER:
7) AGE:

AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO
YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT DIRECTLY FROM THE Union Bank of Switzerland
(UBS)

Response to official address info@info-un.com & dj@info-un.com

YOUR PAYMENT APPROVAL IS MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE WORLD BANK AND
WE INTEND TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE YOUR FUNDS TRANSFER. YOU ARE
THEREFORE STRONGLY ADVISE TO STOP FUTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER
BANK OR INSTITUTION REGARDING THIS MATTER, FOR THE OVERALL SAFETY OF YOU
AND YOUR FUND.

BEST REGARDS,

MRS DOREEN JOSEPH
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

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