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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: Mr.Ban Ki-moon<info@usa.com>
Reply-To: presscynthiaelleni@gmail.com
Date: 19 Feb 2020 19:44:33 -0800
Subject: REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 02096/ (5,000,000.00 GBPS):

UNITED NATIONS
CYBER SECURITY DEPT.
United Nations Branch Office UK,
London Suit N7, NS1T2WK,

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PAYMENT 2020.

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 02096/ (5,000,000.00 GBPS):

This good-news is brought to you by the UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATION UK Branch,
in conjunction with THE FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY UNITED
KINGDOM to pay
9,000 scam victims the sum of (5,000,000.00 GBPS) each.


your name are listed and approved for this payment as one of the
scammed victims, You
have to contact the ATM Swift Card Center for the immediate
payment of your (5,000,000.00 GBPS)
compensations fund which has been titled on your name by the
United Nation.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during
the second U.N
meeting of the (year 2020 January), held at the U.N Headquarters
New York, in the
present with the United Nations Secretary-General. Mr. Ban Ki-
moon on the
World Economic Situation and Prospects On the Global Financial
and Economic Crisis.


It was alarmed so much by him in the meeting on the lost of funds
by various
World to the scam artists operating in syndicate all over the
world today and
that its affecting the World economic growth and development such
as
international trade, international financial system and debt, in
other to stop
this, the United Nations is now paying 9,000 victims of this
operation (5,000,000.00 GBPS)
in section of financing for development, sustainable development,
human settlements,
poverty eradication, globalization and interdependence to the
people of World,
the payments are to be paid by UNITED NATIONS authorize ATM Swift
Center.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 78 beneficiaries
have been
paid, we still have more left to receive theirs. your E-mail i.d
was mentioned
by the security intelligent monitoring system as one of the
victim of the
operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate
this message
to anyone or who so ever, for any reason what so ever, the secret
service is
already on trace of the criminals.

Your total compensation fund 5,000,000.00 GBPS will be programmed
via ATM Master
Card in which it will be delivered to your destination address
through DHL, or
FedEx.The only fee you will pay is (180 usd only) the security
charge which is not deductable
from the principal fund.

The board of trustees and management of UNITED NATIONS
COMPENSATION TEAM has
finalized and has given an Immediate payment approval of ATM
Electronic Card.

YOU HAVE TO FILL AND SUBMIT THIS FORM BELOW TO THE UNITED NATIONS
AUTHORIZE
ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT OFFICE WITH THIS BELOW FORM: (
presscynthiaelleni@gmail.com)

FULL NAME...........................................
DATE OF BIRTH.......................................
POSTAL/ADDRESS....................................
SEX......................................................
NATIONALITY.........................................
OCCUPATION..........................................
MOBILE TELEPHONE.................................
OFFICE NUMBER.....................................
PIN CODE NO.........................................
SCAN COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY...................

Yours Faithfully,
Dr Roy Martins Foreign transfer unit
United Nations Branch Office
London Suit N7
Email: presscynthiaelleni@gmail.com
APPROVED BY,
Mr.Ban Ki-moon.
U.N Secretary-General.
In Co-ordination with British Prime Minister
David Cameron
His vision of a stronger U.N for a better World

Mr.David Helb.K
Publicity Secretary
U.N Monitoring Team UK.

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