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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: "Ban Kin Moon" <fredy@fredy.art.br>
Reply-To: mr.louismartinsoffice51@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:54:25 -0800
Subject: UNITED NATION PAYMENT NEWS



WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMED DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRA=
NSFERS. DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT United Nations Headquarters, New Yor=
k, NY 10017, USA OUR REF:UN/WR/011.4XXVX/100 YOUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITE=
D NATIONS. Greetings Beneficiary We were authorized by the appointed United=
Nation Secretary General (BAN KI MOON), and the Governing body of the Unit=
ed Nations Debt Reconciliation Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay o=
n your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course o=
f our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been u=
nnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank and Government regula=
tory organs in your country who are trying to divert your funds into their =
private accounts. This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated fro=
m the UNITED NATIONS to pay 50 Scams victims from your country this year 20=
16, Our investigation team has notice that you have being a Victims of Inte=
rnet scam and your Name and email has been selected among the 50 people .Th=
e United Nations has decided to pay you $1,500,000 USD (One Million Five Hu=
ndred Thousand United State Dollars) each of the Internet Scam victim. You =
are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to b=
e paid this amount, get back to this office as soon as possible for the imm=
ediate payment of your $10,500,000 USD compensation funds for this year 201=
6. We have been having a meeting for the past Seven months which ended Thre=
e days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is t=
o 50 selected people in your Country that have been scammed or extorted mon=
ey from because of your contract payment execution in any part of the world=
, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $1.5 MI=
LLON USD This includes every foreign contractors that may have not yet rece=
ived their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction=
or international businesses that failed due to Government problems or irre=
gularities etc. We found your Name and email in our list and that is why we=
are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed by the U=
nited Nations Board of Directors and Trustees from the WORLD BANK ASSISTED =
PROGRAMMED. Note that United Nations Board of Director have sign your ATM M=
ASTER CARD in the favor of your name and hand it over to Mr Louis Martins P=
rotocol Officer, Dispatch Unit to arrange the delivery process, you have to=
contact Mr Louis Martins he is in charge of your ATM MASTER CARD, as he is=
our UNITED NATIONS representative in UNITED STATE and AFRICA, ASIA region =
contact her immediately for your ATM CARD worth $1.5 MILLION USD. Contact i=
nformation: Mr Louis Martins Protocol Officer, Dispatch Unit. Email: (mrlou=
ismartinsoffice61@gmail.com) Direct Telephone line: +234-9035928197 As soon=
as you establish a contact with him, ensure that you provide your present =
address as below to the contact in other for the Officer to effect the chan=
ge and Re-direct the parcel to your home address. 1 Beneficiary=2019s Full =
Name =2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026. 2 Sex: =2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=
=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026 3 Date of=
Birth: =2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026 4=
Nationality: =2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=
=2026=2026 5 Occupation: =2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=
=2026=2026=2026.. 6 Home Address: =2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=
=2026=2026.. 7 Telephone Number: =2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=2026=
=2026.. 10 Copy of Identity Document (Passport ID, National ID Card or Driv=
ers license): he will be expecting your email and urgent attention to this =
email to enable us monitor this payment effectively. Most importantly you s=
hall be requested to pay the sum of $50 usd(Only) to Mr Louis Martins as th=
e Delivery fee of your ATM MASTER CARD. Once you contact the Office, please=
request the delivery option from him in other to avoid further delay. Sinc=
erely yours, Yours Faithfully, Secretary-General BAN KI MOON UNITED STATE O=
F AMERICA http://www.un.org/sg=20

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