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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 <office00officee@aol.com>
Reply-To: <office00office@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:50:41 +0800
Subject: Urgent Notice By United Nation.


INTERNATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND LOGISTICS VAULT
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE (UN)
COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS.

Dear, Beneficiary.

It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our logistic
department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you during the
cause of your inadequate dealings with some imposters who claim to be
staff in banks and other regional payment centers. Our reconciliation
teams with the prospectus instrument of the United Nations after
freezing suspected imposters account. This support was fully effective
with the help of World Bank IMF after a summit meeting in London, on the
financial analysis and financial stability issues fluctuating the
economy with the international global standard.

After gathering of this sum, our logistic department gave us a list of
beneficiaries to be paid a sum of $1,500,000.00 United States Dollars
who felled victims to these imposters due to unawareness. This is both
for uncompleted business beneficiaries and mode of payment was as well
specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against
criminality during process of payment. We have arranged your funds via
our payment center and will be release to you as soon as we hear from
you with the latest instruction from United Nations Office and
International Monetary Fund Reconciliation Office.

You are hereby selected as an honor for this payment approval worth
$1,500,000.00 United States Dollars, which you are to acknowledge the
receipt of this mail and furnish this office with the required
information’s as listed below for immediately release of your above
stated compensated funds to you.

1. Full Name
2. Phone Number
3. Contact Address
4. A copy of any kind your ID Identification

For your information, you have to stop any further communication with
any other person or office claiming to be the right office to avoid any
hitches in receiving your payment. Because of Impostors, we hereby
issued you our code of conduct, which is (UN-7750) so you have to
indicate this code when providing your details to this office by using
it as your subject.

Yours in Service,
Mr. Richard Bold
United Nations Office Compensation Settlement.
+447087642033

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