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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: Dave Gaetano <gaetanodave7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: socgenbj@outlook.de
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:08:28 +0100
Subject: Contact Information to Receive Your Payment

Ministry of Economy and Finance
Address: Rte De L'Aeroport
Cotonou, Benin
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

Dear beneficiary,

This message is directed to you based on the letter Ministry of
Economy and Finance (Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances),
received from United Nations during October 2020 UN/IMF and World Bank
Annual Meetings concerning global debt solutions of unpaid debts on
credit reports of all Winning/ awarded contracts and inheritance debt
responsibilities.

We write on behalf of the United Nations governing body (the UN) and
refer to Bond/Finance Issuance approval of the United Nations
Executive Council dated November 28, 2020. Concerning an investigative
report that effectively recaps the evidence, presents the factual
findings the payment was approved five years ago. And during the
course of our investigations, we discovered with dismay that your
payment has been unnecessarily delayed by the corrupt officials of the
Bank who tried to divert funds into their owned private accounts.

The United Nations appointed Capital Trustees LLC, Cititrust
FinancialServices Limited, Northern Trust and Bessemer Trust (together
"Trustees") as trustees in respect of the proposed Bond. Accordingly,
UN hereby grant an Irrevocable Standing Payment Order (ISPO), in the
sum of $850,500,00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars) only, to be paid to you with effect from February 2021, as
part of excessive amount of debts clearance processes.

Therefore, the Department of Finance and the Monetary Board has given
order to Societe Generale Bank to commence payment of the
aforementioned sum amount to beneficiaries affected. This order is
with immediate effect. So, please.contact information below to receive
your payment.

Name: Mr. James Alban
Deputy General Manager – Head,
Transaction Services Division
Email: socgenbj@outlook.de

You have been correctly informed.

Regards,

Dave Gaetano
Public Affairs Commission

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