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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: =?utf-8?b?Ik1yLiBBbnTDs25pbyBHdXRlcnJlcyIgPGluZm9AY28ub3JnPg==?=
Reply-To: barrister.henrygreen@yandex.ru
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:35:01 -0400
Subject: THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS CONGRATULATIONS WE PRESENT TO YOU YOUR
AWAITING CHECK



THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES=
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF UNIT=
ED STATES OF AMERICA IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK. OUR REF: U.N/WBO/042UK=
/2018 NEW YORK Congratulations Beneficiary bkingry@holleyproperties.com [1]=
United Nation goal to eradicate global poverty before 2020. [2]Financial su=
pport to individuals,family and organization with bright purpose to fund th=
eir project. [3]World,community,development. [4]Your email was submitted by=
the all world email providers and was chosen through balloting system. [5]=
The beneficiary will sponsor the claim charges as regards the claim of your=
fund. This is to intimate you of a very important information which will b=
e of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been exp=
eriencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive demand for=
money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after =
which your fund remain unpaid to you. I'm Mr. Ant=F3nio Guterres Secretary-=
General and Director of international affairs in the United Nation (UN). It=
may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many c=
orrespondences on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Vario=
us Banks and Courier Companies Diplomat(s) across Europe to Africa and Asia=
London UK, and we have decided to put a STOP to that and that is why I was=
appointed to handle your transaction. We have been having a meeting for th=
e passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago, The National Central Bureau of In=
terpol enhanced by the United Nations and The National Security Agency (NSA=
) have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of United Sta=
tes his Excellency the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces=
President Donald Trump,to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts=
owed to Foriegners and citizens of United States and Compensate all that h=
ave lost their hard earned money to Fraudsters in general(wordwide). This e=
mail is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, =
THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS have agreed to compensate them with the sum=
of US$8,500,000 ( Eight Million Five Hundred United State Dollars) This in=
cludes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract =
sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international bu=
sinesses that failed due to Government problems,Contracts Sum, Lottery/Gamb=
ling etc.Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Te=
ams of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Burea=
u of Investigation (FBI) observers and this is why we are contacting you, t=
his have been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to contact =
Barrister Henry Green, As he is our Special Representative and Head of the =
United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA). contact him immediately for =
your CHEQUE worth the total sum of US$8,500,000 ( Eight Million Five Hundre=
d United State Dollars) This funds are in DRAFT Form for security purpose o=
k? So he will send it to you via DHL courier company and you can clear the =
CHEQUE in any bank of your choice in your country. Contact Him immediately =
for your cheque Delivery with the following information. 1. Full name: 2. Y=
our Country: 3. Address where you want him to send the cheque(P.O Box not a=
cceptable) 4. Telephone Number: 5. Fax Number: 6. Marital Status: 7. Occupa=
tion: 8. Sex: 9. Age: 10. Passport : Person to Contact: Barrister Henry Gre=
en (contact agent) Email: barrister.henrygreen@yandex.ru Phone Number: +234=
7030855075 Give him your File Reference (RE-0017-UN) and you are free to co=
ntact him via telephone number, it will be better to call him and once you =
do that he will ask you of your File Reference number which is (RE-0017-UN)=
, this file reference number is very important and gives him access to get =
through to your file and email you back quickly once he confirms your email=
and your delivery details. Thanks for adhering to this instructions and on=
ce again accept our congratulations. Good luck and kind regards, Making the=
world a better place, Mr. Ant=F3nio Guterres Secretary-General United Nati=
ons (UN).... http://www.un.org/sg/

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