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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: "United Nations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <seebecknewton.helpdesk@aliyun.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:45:06 +0800
Subject: LETTER OF DISCLAIMER / DECLARATION ALERT

UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT OFFICE
OFFICIAL PAYMENT RECONCILIATION UNIT.
REGISTERED RELEASE CASE NO: UNCC ORG/8491MP
Our Ref: UNCCORG/849IMF/2021-2022
                                                        LETTER OF DISCLAIMER / DECLARATION ALERT
Attention Beneficiary.
 
Good day and compliments to you. As stated by the Senate committee on beneficiaries contract fund payment, you are hereby advised to fill the decline letter in this e-mail below and return back to us which will be kept in your claim file to proof that you have finally forfeit your compensation fund sum of $2.8 Million US (Two Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) due to your inability to come up with some of the demands from this sector.
LETTER OF DECLINE;
NAME OF LETTER OF DECLINE...............................
BENEFICIARY................................................
REASON(s) OF DECLINE....................................
DATE.....................................................
SIGNATURE.................................................
 
A copy of this letter will be sent to the UN/IMF auditor desk before the confiscation of your fund file in my office to protect me from facing legal actions in future concerning the documentation and delivery of your fund was not a success. So let this office know whether you want to decline or continue with your claim fund.
 
Thank you so much for your cooperation.
Treat matter as urgency,
Hon. Seebeck Newton
Compensation Financial Control/Special Duties
Email Support: seebecknewton.helpdesk@aliyun.com
Email Support: info.nxcent@gmail.com
http://www.undp.org
            
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