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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 NATION ASSISTED PROGRAM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paysection000@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:02:57 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATION ASSISTED PROGRAM

United Nations Assisted Program
Directorate of International Payment
United Nations Office - Nigeria

DEAR: Beneficiary

It is obvious that you have not received your contract/inherited funds due to
past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for
their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund
all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your
end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and
Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the
current president of NIGERIA his Excellency President UMAR MUSA YA ADUA to boost
the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and
organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum,
Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes.

Now how would you like to receive your payment? By Check or by ATM card?
ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use
to withdraw up to $10,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card
Logo on it. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to
your local bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to
enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not have a bank account.

Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working
days. Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and
would be mailed to you via UPS. Because we have signed a contract with UPS which
should expire by the end of May 2009 you will only need to pay $320 instead of
$354 saving you $34.00! So if you pay before May 28th you save $34.00 Take note
that anyone asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely
a fraudsters and you will have to stop communication with every other person if
you have been in contact with any.

Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $320.00 nothing more!
Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully
delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been
confirmed. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website
to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

Name : Donna L. Vargas: UPS
Tracking Number: 1Z757F991598420403 (www.ups.com)

Name : Rovenda Elaine Clayton:
UPS Tracking Number: 1Z757F991596606592 (www.ups.com)

DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping
your ATM card is $354 but because FedEx have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D
which gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international
shipping as stated on their website:

http://fedex.com/us/international/irc/profiles/irc_ng_profile.html?gtmcc=us#C10

We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce
from the actual fee of $354 to $320 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!
To effect the release of your fund you are advised to contact our correspondent
in Nigeria the delivery.

OFFICER (Sir). FEMI MATHEW with the information below,
email: foreignpaydept@live.com


On contacting him do provide him with the following informations:

Your full Name...

Your Address:................

Home/Cell Phone:...................

Preferred Payment Method (ATM/Cashier Check):................ Amount

Expecting..............................

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is
snt within 24 working hours.

Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back
guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next 24hrs after you
have made the payment for shipping.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. David Ramsey
CC: Federal Bureau of Investigation
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol


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