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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" <info@un.com>
Reply-To: dpimf@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:06:58 -0100
Subject: Attn Email User

Attn Email User

This is in regard to outstanding payment. I am Mr.Ted Moors, the newly
appointed Operations Director United Nations, Legal Affairs,Security and
Investigation here in

Thailand.The Executive Arms of the United Nation directed me to come down to
Thailand to Investigate your fund and to make sure that we approve all
outstanding debts.

This decision was taken based on the abnormalise and inability of the Banks
in Africa and United Kingdom to Release your fund into your bank account;
Whereby it was

discovered that some officials of the bank were diverting foreign
beneficiaries payment to another account of their choice overseas. In view
of this,during our

investigation I found out that; an account was submitted to divert your fund
to a Germany account.

Below is the account submitted and I want you to confirm if you are aware of
the new development because we are about effecting payment to the account
stated bellow

today.

Beneficiary: Gotthard Ulrich Windh
Bank: Sparkasse north-Aurich
A/C No.: 367840545
Swift Code: 50050201

Finally, be informed that a payment instruction has been issued and
forwarded to the Treasury Department of our paying bank in Thailand in
favour of he account above

without any further prejudice.But there is no way we can approve the fund to
your account without you confirming if you have changed your account for
your fund to be

transfer to the Beneficiary: Gotthard Ulrich Windh BANK ACCOUNT IN GERMANY.

Contact me immediately for further clarification to know if you have giving
instruction to tranfer your fund to the above account today.

On behalf of the entire management of United Nations, we are congratulating
you in advance and if you fail to contact this office on or before 48hrs
from now then we

will now wire the fund to the German account.

Kindly furnish me with your info.

1.full name,
2.address,
3.cell number
4.sex
5.age
6.occupation

To enable us commence all the legal documents immediately. Please forward
your reply to this

Email: (mrtedoffice@uns-unitednations.org)

Thanks for your co-operation

Waiting for your urgent response

Yours faithfully,

MR. Ted Moors
UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
(SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION)

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