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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marksonwilliam_unheadpaymentunit@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 05:06:32 -0700
Subject: GOOD-NEWS

 
FROM THE DESK OF MR MARKSON WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION-UK
3 WHITEHALL COURT,LONDON,
SW1A 2EL,UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel:(+44) 333 344 3443
Fax:(+44) 843-564-3072.
 
 
 
 
Attention Beneficiary,
 
                              
 
 
 
 
                              RE-YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT VALUED AT US$5,250,000.00
 
 
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 1356990745/2020). 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 stress 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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