419 scam: "Financial Fraud Crime Victims" <info@aljazeera.net> CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Financial Fraud Crime Victims" <info@aljazeera.net>
Reply-To: frederick.bonn@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:06:21 +0200
Subject: CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION.

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE.
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870UNITED NATIONS PLAZA20-ANEW YORK NY 10017
http://www.un.org
Ref: IMF/UN/X0017
Tel: +1 (252) 848-5726
Fax: +1 (214) 481 2080

Attention Sir,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family, I am very sorry to barge in your privacy, We have been in a meeting for the since inception of this last quarter of the year 2017.

The UNITED NATIONS in conjunction with World Bank have agreed upon to offset debt owed to individuals globally, in the wake of this economic downturn that affects every country severely.

This payments includes every foreign CONTRACTORS, UNPAID LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE PAYMENT and also all the LOVE SCAM VICTIMS worldwide.

You are strongly advised to reconfirm your personal information once again to enable us verify your claims and if confirmed you are to receive the payment within 7 working days.

Therefore, don't forget to send your full Name, telephone number, your correct mailing address and your international passport for proper identification to this office.

We advise that you kindly delete this message, if you are not interested to process your payment with us.

I look forward to your response.

Making the world a better place.

My Regards,
Mr. Frederick Bonn,
Head of Operations,UN.

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