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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" <info@unitednations.com>
Reply-To: unitednations49@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:06:24 -0400 (PYT)
Subject: UNITED NATIONS NOTIFICATION




United Nation
Secretary

IN CONJUNCTION
WITH FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA

ZENITH BANK
COMPENSATION UNIT, IN

AFFILIATION WITH THE

UNITED NATIONS.





ATTN: Beneficiary,



Hope all is well with you and
family?, you may not

understand why this mail

came to you. In regards to the
recent meeting between the

United Nations and the

Present United States
Government to restore the

dignity and Economy of the

Nations. Base on the
Agreement with the World

Bank Assistance to help and

make the world a better
place for all with the sole aim

of abolishing poverty.



We have been
having a meeting for the

passed 7 months which ended

2 days ago. This email is
to all the people that have

been scammed in any part of

the world, the UNITED
NATIONS have agreed to

compensate them with the

sum of US$ 3,500.000.00

(Three Thousand Five

Hundred United States

Dollars) This includes every

foreign
contractors that may have not

received their contract sum,

and people that have
had an unfinished transaction

or international businesses

that failed due to
Government problems etc.



Your name and email was in
the list submitted by our

Monitoring Team of Economic

and Financial Crime
Commission observers and

this is why we are contacting

you, this have been
agreed upon and have been

signed.



You are advised to contact
Mr. Kelly of ZENITH BANK

NIGERIA PLC, as he is our

representative in
Nigeria and the CEO of the

Zenith Bank Plc, contact him

immediately for your
ATM visa card worth the total

sum of US$ 3,500.000.00

(Three Thousand Five

Hundred United States

Dollars) This funds are in

ATM visa card for security
purpose OK?
So he will send it to you and

you can withdraw money in

any ATM machine, of your
choice in your country. This

meeting was first held on the

8th of February 2011.



Therefore, you
should send him your full

Name and telephone

number/your correct mailing
address where you want him

to send the ATM visa card to

you. Contact Mr. kelly

immediately for your ATM

visa card with the following

information.



1. Full name

2. Phone and Fax
number

3. Address were
you want them to send the

ATM Card to

(P.O Box not
acceptable)

4. Your age and
current occupation

5. Attach copy of
your identification



Person to Contact: Mr. Kelly

Office-Email:

mr.kelly49@gmail.com,

unitednations49@hotmail.co

m



We sincerely
apologize on behalf of the

good people of Nigeria for the

plight you have
gone through in the past years

in receiving your inheritance

money. Thanks for
adhering to this instruction

and once again accept our

congratulations.



Good luck and kind
regards,

Making the world
a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary

(UNITED NATIONS).

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