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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: "ffd0ffice@un.org" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carolyn_paul@consultant.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:43:34 -0700
Subject: Re: Final Notice...(Ref# FFDX/02876)

Payment Processing Unit
United Nations Financing for Development Office,
2 U.N. Plaza (DC2-2170),
New York, N.Y. 10017, USA.
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/


Attention Beneficiary;

If you have receive this message, This is the final notice on your pending Funds. We have tried calling you on the phone number found in your profile but could not get through. An email message was also sent to you earlier but no response was received from you. Having gone through your profile and also noted the long delay on the release of your funds, the United Nations has found you eligible to benefit from the 2013 ongoing compensation / Financing For Development program.

You are hereby entitled to receive the sum of $1.5million USD (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars only).

Quickly confirm the reciept of this email by replying with your Ref# FFDX/02876, full names and direct telephone for immediate processing/transfer of the above stated amount to your bank account because we have very limited time to revert every unpaid funds.

Contact Person
Mrs. Carolyn Paul.
(Treasury Unit).



Notice: Information contained and transmitted by this email is confidential and proprietary to the UN Financing For Development (FFD) and is included for use only by the addressee.

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