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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 NATION (UN)" <info@sender.org>
Reply-To: urosesecetary201@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:00:31 +0100
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION FROM UNITED NATIONS

DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL DEBT RECONCILIATION
HEADQUARTERS (NEW YORK): FIRST AVENUE, 46TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10017, U.S.A.
UN/A/1116.
Homepage: http://www.un.org/sg/deputysg.shtml
Web: http://www.un.org/


OUR REF: UN/IRD/IFCX/02/11


U.N.713.2010/11/TREATIES-2
ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED.




ATTN:

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE UNITED NATIONS,ECOWAS, WORLD BANK AND
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND HAVE RESOLVED TO COMPENSATE ALL SCAMMED
VICTIMS AND YOUR NAME HAPPENS TO BE NUMBER 17 ON OUR TRANSFER FILE.

PRIOR TO FINDINGS FROM OUR INVESTIGATION AND FUND MONITORING
DEPARTMENT, WE RELEASED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED IN ONE OR MORE
AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND WE HAVE DETAILS.

YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLAR(US$2,500,000.00) BY UNITED NATIONS, ECOWAS,WORLD BANK AND
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THIS FUND HAS BEEN MOVED TO FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA BECAUSE IT IS THE HEADQUARTER OF THE ECOWAS AND
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. NOTE THAT YOUR FUND WILL BE PAID TO YOU
BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN). YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT DR
GODWIN EMEFIELE WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: centralbkng19609@gmail.com

WE HEREBY INFORM YOU UNDER SECTION 235 SUB SECTION 33 OF THE CRIMINAL
LAW OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SECTION THAT YOU MUST DESIST FROM
ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH WHOEVER PROMISES YOU ANY UNSEEN OR
INTUITED FUND BUT FORWARD EVERY CORRESPONDES YOU MAY HAVE HAD WITH THE
HOODLUMPS RECENTLY IN ORDER TO ASSIST US IN OUR INVESTIGATION.

YOU ARE ALSO ADVISED TO SEND US THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED
BELOW FOR RE-CONFIRMATION OF YOUR PERSON SO THAT WE DO NOT PAY
COMPENSATION TO THE WRONG VICTIM:

1. FULL NAME
2. HOME ADDRESS
3. OFFICE ADDRESS
4. HOME TELEPHONE
5. OFFICE TELEPHONE
6. MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER
7. OCCUPATION
8. MARITAL STATUS
9. FULL BANK ACCOUNT IN FORMATION THAT COMPENSATION FUND WILL BE PAID INTO.
10.SCAN COPY OF ANY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION

NOTE THAT UPON RECIEPT OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION FROM YOU, YOUR
IDENTIFICATION SERIAL CODE WILL BE SENT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN CONTACT
OUR WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL PAYMENT CO-ORDINATOR IN NIGERIA FOR THE
RELEASE OF YOUR COMPENSATION MONEY TO YOU.
YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY IS AWAITED.

VERY TRULY YOURS

DR. ROSE EZE (DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL)
UNITED NATION (UN) urosesecetary201@yahoo.com

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