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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 HEAD QUARTER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jm1550108@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 20:24:02 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS

United Nations Headquarter
New York 405 East 42nd Street,
New York, NY, 10017, USA

Hello .

Greetings. I am UN Secretary General, António Guterres. Here is the reason i contact you. A crude oil dealer from your country made a fixed deposit of $2,000,000.00 Twenty Million United States Dollars with bank of Ghana West Africa. Sadly On the 28 December 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501) from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. the Airbus A320 flying the route crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 162 people on board. Mr.John. and his family was among the death victims and he left no body to claim his deposited fund in Ghana bank. He was in Asia on a business trip and that was how he met his end with his family. After 5 years bank has the right to declare such funds unclaimed. Mr Johnn has No relatives or next of kin to claim his money, Your Name and Email was listed by United Nations Approved Two Million Dollars for you to carry out charity works in your Country and around the world on behalf of Late John. This is no stolen money and there are no dangersn i
nvolved, 100% RISK FREE w

We took this decision because Mr. John from your country have no child or relatives to claim his money. Reply Back for more details: jm1550108@gmail.com.

Thanks
António Guterres
UN Secretary General

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