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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: "Ambassador Collen V. Kalapile" <amarachimaryanneze@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

Season Greetings,

I am Ambassador Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the United Nations
Economic and Social Council. I work hand to hand with the Federal
Reserve System, the International Monetary Fund and the federal
treasury department.

We discovered that you are unable to claim your Ten Million Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$10,500,000.00) that was
supposed to be remitted to you, maybe due to some unforeseen
circumstance that allow you to finish your transactions home or
abroad, so I took it upon myself to get in touch with you before it
will be forfeited as you still have the chance to claim your funds.
Get back to me for more details on how to claim your payment before it
is marked unclaimed.

This compensation claim is entitled to lucky generated emails owners
worldwide and also for lucky submitted applicants by governments,
international organizations, companies and individuals. As a result of
this development.

We wish to inform you through this medium that we are working hard to
arrest all the hoodlums and sue the unauthorized officials who
attempted to divert your approved funds and have been extorting money
from the innocent individuals globally and ruining our reputation,
meanwhile a secure bank has been officially assigned to secretly
handle your payment and ensure that you receive your fund without any
delay.

Our office is determined to complete your fund transfer in accordance
with the payment policy through a reliable bank here in the United
State. We decided to assign the bank in the United State to handle
your payment for security reasons as the United State of America has
the best banking systems and it's one of the safest countries without
scam records.

Your new transaction number's is UNC/01/034/561/56US, transfer
allocation no. CBWB45201, File number UNO/CPL/IGOV9950 and Your
payment Ref number UN/TKF01/042SW/GVT/2021US.

We need the below details to enable commence the process of approving
your funds to your name for possible transfer within 48 hours.

1, Your Full name:
2, Address:
3, Direct Phone number:
4, Age and Occupation:

Upon the receipt of the above-mentioned information, your payment will
be processed and released to you without any delays. Be also informed
that you are required to discontinue further communication with any
other person(s) or office so as to avoid distortion of data.

Yours sincerely,
Ambassador Collen V. Kelapile (UN)
WhatsApp: +1 (717) 589 9636 Call Tel: +1 816 897-0366
Contact E-mail: redacted@domain.name

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