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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: Mr Ban Ki-Moon <rpgvisser@solcon.nl>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:18:23 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY


UN COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS UNIT.


REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 03354.

AMOUNT ; $2.550 Million USD.



How are you,Hope all is well with you and your family,You may not understand why this mail came to you.United Nation have been having a meeting for the past 3 months which ended 15, July 2015 with the World Bank President Mr.Jim Yong Kim and the United States Secretary of State Mr.John Kerry. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, and the people that have lost their properties in the earthquakes and tsunami United Nations and World Bank have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $2.550 Million (Two Million Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) each, 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.Jerry P.Udoh of Africa BankPlc, as he is our representative, contact him immediately for your check/International Bank Draft of USD$ 2.5MUSD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose.Contact him now so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.



Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number with your correct mailing address, where you want him to send the Draft/LOADED CASH ATM CARD to you.



Contact Mr.Jerry P.Udoh immediately for your Check:



Email: ogg.office.org@gmail.com

Telephone:   +234 8086128803



Hope to hear from you, as soon as you get in contact with Mr.Jerry P.Udoh and successfully receive your compensation fund.Kindly Notify The Office Of The Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at UK Office:+44 7452011193 our agent will speak with you,Only as you open communication for your payment monitory so avoid any further misinformation of payment to you.

 

Making the world a better place! Signed and endorsed.

Yours truly,

Sarah Smith (Announcer)

Office of Secretary-

General Ban Ki-Moon.

(Financial officer)United Nations

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





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