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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: Nation <unitedn67@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: nations20@rediffmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:45:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR CARD IS OUT PLEASE COMPLY IMMEDIATELY.







United Nation
Secretary

IN CONJUNCTION
WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA

 

 

 

ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH THE

UNITED NATIONS.

 

 

ATTN: Sir/Madam,

 

 

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 which ended
today. 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 Million Five Hundred Thousand 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. Jim Ovia 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 Million Five
Hundred Thousand 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. This meeting was first held on the 8th of April
2003. You can view this page for your perusal: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm 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. Jim
Ovia 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. Jim Ovia

Office Email: jimovia.zenithbankplc@mail.mn

 

 

We sincerely
apologize on behalf of 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.

 

Goodluck and kind
regards,

Making the world
a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary

(UNITED NATIONS).

http://www.un.org/sg/

 

 






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