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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: <saneh@ms.su.ac.th>
Reply-To: <three60years@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:11:17 +0100
Subject: United Nations Office

Dear Friend,

Due to the current situation of the COVID 19 Pandemic going on world-wide,
the World Bank Group has resolved in a meeting that was held by the Board
of directors that all inheritance/contract funds around the world that have
been unclaimed and abandoned belonging to foreign beneficiaries should be
moved to World Bank Turkey office for immediate disbursement/payment to
this regards, the sum of $4.2 Million United States Dollars has been
approved for payment to you. Therefore provide the following requirement
below:



1.Your Name

2.Your address

3.Your Id or passport

4, Your Telephone Number



Regards,

Ida Odinga

United Nations Office

Nairobi Kenya

reply to
three60year@gmail.com

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