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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: "Dr. Samuel Bwalya" <francis.danbaba@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Dr. Samuel Bwalya" <samuelbwalya12@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:15:16 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention:, Beneficiary



UNITED NATIONS, WORLD BANK GROUP (/IMF ASSISTED PROGRAM)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS,



Attention:

RE: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER #:UN/FCA/NG/VOL07/017.

Following the protest of the International Community, Financial Conduct

Authority, British Government and the instruction by the Secretary-General,

United Nations that all outstanding legal foreign debts and unclaimed Funds

Transactions should be released to the beneficiaries forthwith

unconditionally.From the records of outstanding Funds beneficiaries

submitted to this office this morning for payment release, your name falls

in the payment manifest released for this month.

As soon as you establish a con-vincible verification to match same

information we already have in our data base system, by ensuring that you

provide the information as shown below correctly, processing and immediate

transfer of the above funds through United Nations Regional Office, will

commence.

contact email address/samuelbwalya12@yahoo.com

* Full Names:
* Residential Address:
* Mobile Telephone Numbers:
* Sex:
* Age:
* Country:
* Marital Status:
* Occupation
Bank Details

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Samuel Bwalya.

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