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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: "From: UNITED NATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <united02nation02@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:18:01 -0400
Subject: From: UNITED NATION

Die Anweisung wurde vom Pr?sidialamt und den Vereinten Nationen (UN) und auch (IWF) erteilt, Ihnen einen Betrag von 10 Millionen Dollar per Geldautomaten-Debitkarte zu ?berweisen, die Sie in einem nahe gelegenen Geldautomaten, Einkaufszentrum oder Bankgesch?ft verwenden k?nnen. Sie k?nnen Geld von Ihrer Geldautomaten-Debitkarte an jedem Geldautomatenstandort oder Zentrum Ihrer Wahl/in Ihrer N?he in jedem Teil der Welt abheben.

Sie sollten Ihre Adresse und Ihren vollst?ndigen Namen sowie Ihre Telefonnummer f?r die dringende Zustellung Ihrer Original-Geldautomaten-Debitkarte innerhalb von 48 Stunden erneut best?tigen. E-Mail united01nation01@outlook.com

Hochachtungsvoll,

Generalsekret?r.
MS. SHARAN BURROW



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