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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: Fransson Gunnarsson <seth.resnickoff@ticketnetwork.com>
Reply-To: <franssongunnarsson001@firemail.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 04:52:29 -0700
Subject: Dear valued beneficiary,

Dear valued beneficiary,

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, otherwise known as the IMF have directed that your payment file be revisited due to many complaints received so far over the activities of some mischievous and unscrupulous characters who have over years paraded themselves as genuine officials of the World Bank, the IMF, and the UN respectively, and had obtained huge sums of money from you without recourse to laid down rules and procedures, which was why you did not receive your overdue funds during the period under review.

Meantime, we felt it is needful to inform you of what we discovered as regards to your transaction. It was unfortunate you did not receive your funds despite the resources you had put into its process. No doubt, the outcome was very distressing and traumatizing for you to the point that you almost got depressed and almost went bankrupt according to the reports released to us from the office of the president of the World Bank.

However, our Senior Delegate arrived in London, the United Kingdom, a few hours ago and he would be holding talks with our International partners as regards the progress made so far in releasing your long-overdue funds and he would return to New York in the next couple of days for the outcome of his meeting to be implemented, hence we request for your unalloyed cooperation as we process the release of your funds in line with best practices.

Progressively, the cooperation we have received so far from some credible institutions in Nigeria and the United Kingdom and even here in the United States have been impressive, hence our resolve to ensure your funds are released to you without let or hindrance under this dispensation.

If you need more intel on the most appropriate way to resolve this as soon as possible you are free to reply for credible insight on the way forward.

Your earliest response is anticipated.

Yours faithfully,

Fransson Gunnarsson
Head, External & Internal Payment Supervision
Compensation Payment Unit
Office of the Paymaster General (UN Oversight Committee)
United Nations Headquarters
New York

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