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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joeburns@sapo.pt>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:56:20 -0400
Subject: Ready for your funds?

(World Bank Assisted Programmed)
Directorate of International Payment and Transfers
Washington DC, U.S.A.


My Name is Mr Joe Burns, I'm the vice chairman of the United Nations/
International Monetary Funds investigating unit, we just arrived into Nigeria
last week Following series of Complaints, by Beneficiaries who are yet to
receive their outstanding Contract/Inheritance/lottery Funds, from the Central
Bank and other Commercial Banks in Nigeria following the release of funds to the
Nigerian government by the World Bank,...http://www.nairaland.com/878650/world-bank-assisted-nigeria-500m

The International monitory fund investigating Unit discovered particularly in
your own case that some Corrupt bank/ Government Officials had the intention of
diverting your Funds to their own private Accounts abroad.

The Team has carried out the investigation and recovered some Payment Files
which have since been approved for payment which yours was inclusive, secondly,
in the same file of yours, there is a letter here stating that you are dead, so
based on this, we are contacting you to verify the true position of your status,
and you have only 72hours to reply this mail or we will work with what we saw in
your file that you are dead, and I will personally append my signature to push
your fund into the Nigerian government treasury account as an unclaimed fund.


You are hereby advised to reply this mail immediately to confirm whether or not
you actually wrote that Letter forfeiting your Funds otherwise you should
indicate your interest in receiving your fund.

(1) Full Name:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Telephone Number (Mobile Number if any):
(4) Age and Marital Status:
(5) Core Job or Occupation:
(6) Your Amount:

You are advised to fully co-operate with this Team so that we can serve you
better in this new quarter payment of this year 2013.

Waiting
Mr Joe Burns.
Nig telephone number +234-708-613-5558.

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