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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 NATION (UN)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <JOHNWILLIAMS@FEDERAL-RESERVE-BANK.COM>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:34:31 -0700
Subject: MMEDIATE RELEASE 0F YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT OF US$10 MILLION VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER

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                                                       UNITED NATION (UN)
 
New York is: 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA
 
 
ATTN: BENEFICIARY
 
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 0F YOUR OVER DUE  PAYMENT OF US$10 MILLION VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER
 
This is an official advice from the UNITED NATION (UN) foreign remittance/telegraphic dept. it has come to our notice that your Over payment of US$10.000.000.00 MILLION has being deposit to FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA for further credit to your bank account as the original beneficiary.
This process was carried out immediately after the meeting we hard with ALL THE AMERICAN LEADERS, AFRICANS, EUROPEAN UNION (EU) G7 COUNTRIES, AND ASIANS PRESIDENTS regards to all the beneficiaries been own  their inheritance, lottery, scam victims and contract payment for over a years now.
 
The already transferred funds, which was made in secret transfer from the bank handling your payment before, so that they can do final crediting to your account, but it cannot work. Secret diplomatic payments are not made unless the funds are related to terrorist activities, why must your payment be made in secret transfer? , why  have you not receive your funds since all this years than to ask  you to pay all kind fee and charges from time to time , This is a pure coded means of payment, Records which  we have had with this method of payment in the past has always been related to terrorist acts or scam, we do not want  you to get into trouble as soon as these funds reflect in your account, so it is our duty as UNITED NATION (UN) that GOVERNOR all the countries  all over the world  to  correct this little problem before this fund will be credited into your personal account, if not your fund will be return back to the country of origin as unclaimed finds .
 
We have (STOPPED THE TRANSFER) on its way to deliver to your account and pay you through a secured Online bank Transfer, A contract has being signed by all the American, European, Asia and African leader that all the beneficiary been owed  by them should be paid through their UNITED NATION RESERVE BANK ACCOUNT WITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA.
 
Be informed that your INHERITANCE/CONTRACT/ LOTTERY  PAYMENT has programmed to pay to you via online banking transfer which  online bank account will be setup in your name by FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA, and forward all the login access to you to enable you access and transfer the fund to any account of your choice anywhere in the world.
All you need to do now is to forward to  FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA, officer the below stated information to enable him open the online account for you.
YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
YOUR AGE
YOUR OCCUPATION
EMAIL ADDRESS
YOUR NEXT OF KIN
A COPY OF YOUR ID CARD OR YOUR PHOTO
 
Be rest assured that as soon as you forward the above stated information to FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA  officer the online banking account  will be set up in your name and your personal online  login   access link which you will use to login to your personal online bank  account and make the further credit to any local bank of your choice anywhere in the world.
 
We will be waiting to receive a confirmation from to FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA   immediately you send the information to them for immediate process of your online bank account, feel free to forward the information to the officer in charges MR. JOHN WILLIAMS  PRIVATE EMAIL officerfederalreservebank@gmail.com  OR OFFICIAL EMAIL johnwilliams@federal-reserve-bank.com  DIRECT TEL +1 (915) 229 3697 ,and you are advice to stop making any payment outside FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA   officer instruction, your fund is under their control any further communication out this office we will instruct them to cancel the payment without further delay.
Thanks for your understand and co-operation.
Best regards.
Mr. Joaquin Levy
United Nation (UN)

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