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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 <aaliyuuba2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: michaelmoller1960@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:07:05 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION


Attention Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that you are among those that have a huge
sum of money credited in their names for transfer and are currently
floating in the international banking community. These funds originated
from unpaid contract sum, inheritance/next of kin and lottery beneficiaries
that originated from Europe, Asia Plus Middle east, America and Africa.
You are among the list of individuals and companies whose unpaid funds have
been approved for payment under the supervision of the United Nations
Compensation Commission (UNCC).

We have been mandated to contact you following the outcomes of the annual
United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) and World Bank (WB) summit,
where it was decided that UNCC will monitor the payment of funds currently
floating in the international financial database. As a result of this
development, verification was conducted by the United Nations Compensation
Commission (UNCC) in conjunction with the World Bank (WB) on your payment
case file, and it has been endorsed for payment awaiting your confirmations.

In view of several efforts already made by us to contact you for the
following reasons based on the new account submitted to this office on your
behalf:

(1) My Office desk has received a sworn affidavit to re-route your
payment into a new bank account number as stated: Wells Fargo Bank, 141 W.
Bastanchury Rd. Fullerton, CA 92835. Account number 263 680 7055 .of Mr.
John J. Philbin.

(2) Please, confirm to our department if you have instructed Mr. John J.
Philbin to appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf thereby asking that he
receive cash call remittance on your behalf.

(3) It has come to our notice that you are being contacted by unauthorized
Individuals with respect to your payment but unfortunately this office is
not aware of your unofficial dealings and warned that it is at your own
risk.

(4) Please, also confirm if you have authorized Mr. John J. Philbin to
change your banking particulars to the following particulars stated below:

Wells Fargo Bank, 141 W. Bastanchury Rd. Fullerton, CA 92835. Account
number 263 680 7055 .of Mr. John J. Philbin.

You are hereby advised to contact this office within 48 hours of receiving
this notification. Please reconfirm the following information

1. Full Names:
2. Gender:
3. Nationality:
4. Occupation:
5. Postal Address:
6. Residential Address:
7. Telephone Number:
8. Mobile Number:
9. Marital Status:
10. Age:
11. Alternative E-mail ID:
12. Copy of any identification document

to enable us to normalize the documents in your name.

We have decided to contact you for re-verification because we suspect that
Mr. John J. Philbin is trying to divert your money through the sworn
affidavit into a different bank account. You are advised to email back upon
the receipt of this mail to enable me to advise you on how to go about your
fund transfer.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated to enable us to serve you
better.

PS. Ensure that your response is directed to this email address:
michaelmoller1960@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Moller |Director-General | United Nations

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