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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 <antonioguterres355@gmail.com>
Reply-To: antonioguterres.uncc@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:09:22 +0200
Subject: COMPENSATION FUND


UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION (UNCC)
United Nations Plaza, Room DC1-1330
New York, NY 10017 USA
Tel: +1-315-280-5760

Attention: E-mail Beneficiary,

The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) has approved payments for
distribution to 8,303 successful claimants. Today's payment is being made
following the Governing Council's decision which extended the payment
mechanism set out by the Governing Council in its decision under which up
to $2.5 Billion from the Compensation Fund have been made available for the
payment of claims every quarter. In the present round of payment, all newly
approved claims, i.e. claimants approved for payment at the eighty-sixth
session, will receive $5.5M each of the principal amount of the award.

In light of the studied intelligence reports forwarded to us by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the U.S Department of Treasury on all payment
transactions of the UNCC Settlements and Allied matters, further discovery
from the United Nations Compensation Commission Tax Force (UNCCTF) shows
that your due payment valuation of Five Million and Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars has been unjustly treated.

The Governing Council monitors the distribution of payments to claimants by
the relevant governments and international organizations. Governments and
international organizations are obligated to distribute funds to successful
claimants expeditiously and to report to the Commission on payments made to
claimants. Any funds undistributed to claimants by governments and
international organizations within two months of receiving payment
notification shall be returned to the Commission.

To ascertain that we are in communication with the rightful beneficiary,
you are to reconfirm the below information for the final verification
process as instructed by the UNCC Governing board. Upon the receipt of the
below data and final verification process, we shall furnish you with
further directives and contact details of the financial institution
nominated to commence with your fund release process.

* Full Names:
* Gender:
* Residential Address:
* Occupation:
* Mobile Number:
* Age:
* Alternative E-mail I.D:
* Copy of Valid I.D:

Your quick response will aid the speedy treatment of your file to enable us
to serve you better.

Sincerely yours.

António Guterres
Secretary-General
United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC).

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