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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: "United Nations And USA Government" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ocbcba-nk-online@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:57:57 -0700
Subject: YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VALUED OF $10.5 MILLION

Attn: Beneficiary

UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL HAS APPROVED TO PAY YOU
PART PAYMENT OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VALUED OF $10.5 MILLION.


THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
DO HEREBY GIVE THIS IRREVOCABLE APPROVAL ORDER WITH THIS RELEASE CODE: GNC/3480/08/17 IN YOUR FAVOR FOR YOUR
CONTRACT ENTITLEMENT AND YOUR INHERITANCE FUND WHICH YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YET, NOW IT WAS APPROVED BY THE
WORLD BANK, THAT YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUND SHOULD BE RELEASED THROUGH OCBC BANK LONDON . SO YOU ARE
ADVISED TO PRESENT ANY OF YOUR CHOICE, ON HOW YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND, EITHER BY ATM CARD OR WIRE
TRANSFER, SO IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSFER YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS FOR THE TRANSFER OF
YOUR FUND WITH OUT DELAY. I AM CONTACTING YOU IN REGARDS TO THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN BY UNITED NATIONS, PLEASE I
WILL URGE YOU TO TRY AND INDICATE ON HOW YOU WANT YOUR FUND TO BE RELEASED TO YOU FROM THE TWO OPTIONS

ABOVE.NOW YOUR NEW PAYMENT, UNITED NATIONS APPROVAL NO; UN5685P, WHITE HOUSE APPROVED NO: WH44CV,
REFERENCE NO.-3455432 ALLOCATION NO: 566433 PASSWORD NO: 445334, PIN CODE NO: 33454 AND YOUR CERTIFICATE OF
MERIT PAYMENT NO: 453, RELEASED CODE NO: 213345; IMMEDIATE OCBC BANK TELEX CONFIRMATION NO: 0122124; SECRET
CODE NO: XXTN00817,

HAVING RECEIVED THESE VITAL PAYMENT NUMBER, THEREFORE YOU ARE QUALIFIED NOW TO RECEIVED AND CONFIRM YOUR
PAYMENT WITH THE OCBC BANK LONDON IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE NEXT 72HRS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU ARE REQUIRED
TO DEAL AND COMMUNICATE ONLY WITH MR. MARK EDWARD, TELEX DEPARTMENT OF OCBC BANK LONDON ,WITH THE HELP
OF MONITORY TEAM FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NEW YORK WHICH IS OUR OFFICIAL REMITTING BANK, COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN PAYMENT MATTERS IN UNITED NATIONS, HAS LOOK UP TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE YOUR FUND. SO CONTACT: MR.
MARK EDWARD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE/AWARD WINNING CLAIM ,BE INFORMED THAT YOU
ARE TO FORWARD YOUR BANKING INFORMATION AS SHOWN BELLOW .

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PERSONAL CELL PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) BANK NAME:
6) BANK ADDRESS:
7) ACCOUNT NUMBER:
8) ROUTING NUMBER OR SWIFT CODE NO:
9) OCCUPATION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
10) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:


NOTE: YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT/COMMUNICATION CODE WITH MR. MARK EDWARD IS (UNX117), YOU ARE ADVICE TO SEND YOUR FULL
BANKING INFORMATION TO MR. MARK EDWARD, TELEX DEPARTMENT OF OCBC BANK LONDON AND MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK WITH HIM, WITH
YOUR NEW PAYMENT CODE FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT AND SEND YOUR BANKING INFORMATION TO HIM .
CONTACT PERSON: MR. MARK EDWARD
POSITION: TELEX DEPARTMENT OF OCBC BANK LONDON
Email: ocbconlineb.ank@gmail.com



Yours truly,
DR. GRANT MORGAN
(Chairman Committee On Foreign Contract And Inheritance fund
Payment Notification from United Nations And USA Government.)
APPROVED

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