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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: John Keva <jeanmichael777@gmail.com>
Reply-To: generalsecretarydpt@proton.me
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:15:32 +0100
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT

Dear Email Owner / Fund Recipient,

In fact, the newly appointed Secretary of the Treasury and the Board
of the United Nations Currency Unit have been given a mandate to
investigate long overdue uncalled funds in the United Nations
government basket, causing the confusion of landlords at the idea of
using scammers surveyors. According to our system's data storage log,
your payment with your email address is included in the list of 150
recipients, which can be divided into the following categories:
undelivered lottery funds /Compensation funds / inheritance incomplete
transfer / Scammed victims / contract funds.

Much to our dismay, we found that your payment was unnecessarily
delayed by corrupt bank employees trying to cheat your money from
Africa Countries, resulting in lots of unnecessary losses and delays
on your end. This department have decided to distribute all
compensation funds via the card to 150 beneficiaries in North America,
South America, the United States, Europe and Asia Via Visa ATM as it
is a global payment technology that allows consumers, businesses,
financial institutions and governments to use digital currencies
instead of cash and checks.

We arrange for your payment to be released to you with a Visa debit
card made out to you and delivered directly to your address by any
courier available in your country. If you contact us, Your Visa ATM
card is credited with USD$800,000 allowing you to withdraw at least
$9,950,000 per day at any ATM in your country. Upon request, the limit
can be not be increased except upon your request. In this regard, you
should contact the International Payments and Transfers Department and
provide the requested information:

Your full name =============
Your address ==================
Your profession ====================
Cotact telephone number=============


Use this code (Ref: GRACE-946/73) as the subject of your e-mail to
identify yourself and try to pass the above information to the
following Visa ATM card issuing and delivery personnel;

We advise the bank officer to open a private email address with a new
number to verify this payment and forward the communication to avoid
further delays or misappropriation of funds: Contact United Bank for
Africa now at,

Contact: Mr. Segun Agbaje
Clearing Transfer Department (UBA BANK)
Contact email: ( generalsecretarydpt@proton.me )
We are urgently awaiting a response to this email to avoid further delays.

Sincerely,
Dr. John Euers
Director in charge
Office Of Internal Overisght Service
UNODC.

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