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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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Fraud email example:

From: "infoper1@terra.es" <infoper1@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:28:49 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Dear Friend,



Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day ! I am Mr. Per Engebak a senior executive with the Unicef Aid office in charge of Aid work in the African Region with office in London. It may interest you to know that choosing you was not an easy task for me, as I had to ensure that whom I will deal with regarding this transaction must be a person of high integrity and accountability, so be rest assured I am entrusting this deal in your care. Not too long ago, a couple of months back the line, an Aid fund was released to my office for Aid development in the Region of Africa to aid in health, drought relief and Hunger eradication by providing good pipe borne water to the communities affected, in view of this the amount of USD$20 Million dollars was released to me, after we did the analysis and evaluations, what we where able to spend to ensure that this aid project is achieved comfortably amounted to only USD$9 million, leaving my office with a balance of USD$11 Million, which invariably my office will have to return to our headquarters as unused funds, but after this project execution, I had a real serious thought on the whole issue, been that I have been working with Unicef for quite
some years now without much credit to show for it, I have always been told to understand that my work is based on humanitarian grounds, that, I have judiciously worked for, but I lack the comfort and luxury that comes with a normal life, so based on this, I decided that the fund will be my retirement benefit, so in my report I did include the detail that the project funds was accounted for and spent on the project, so it on record that the fund was utilized and project was successful.

What i want you to do for me is to provide all the pertinent details for remitting the balance funds into your account, person details about yourself, also your Residential address and a copy of your passport or driving license and your contact telephone numbers are needed, I can then draft an agreement between the both of us for our mutual interest
towards the realization of this transaction, for your assistance and commitment to the remittance and safety of the funds I will release 20% percent of the fund to you, and 10% for whatever we may incur while ensuring that the funds is successfully remitted to your account during the course of transferring the fund.

Lastly, be rest assured that this transaction will not pose any risk for us, it has been properly hatched, it's just that as a Senior staff of the Unicef I cannot account for such fund in my account, so I immediately arranged for the funds to be held in safe deposit pending when I can arrange for the funds to be moved out with your total involvement, also note that you will be responsible for the investment of this fund though with my supervision and advice.

I expect to hear from you soonest through my email address or you can call me on +44 70 40 110 307, be informed that we should keep this matter highly confidential as matter of security, due to my involvement and reputation as UNICEF staff.
More information on me is available on this webpage:http://www.unicef.org/media/media_esarord.html.

Regards,
Mr. Per Engebak







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