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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: "Rev. William Maxwell" <revwilliammaxwell.unnewyork@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rev.williammaxwell.unnewyork@usa.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 16:57:27 +0100
Subject: Your urgent reply is highly imperative.

UNITED NATIONS (UN) HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PAYMENT COMMISSION
WHO-U.S DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
405 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10017, USA.

Re: Instruction/Order from the New Elected President of US !!

Attention: Fund Beneficiary,

Inline with the Corona-Virus Pandemic, I'm contacting you to inform
you that the new elected president of the United States Mr. Joe Biden
have ordered the release of your outstanding payment of $7.5 Million
which was supposed to be released to you on April 2018 but was delayed
and made elusive by the United States Treasury officials whom are
in-charge of the release of your approved fund in 2018. So, now I'm
contacting you regarding how you will receive this fund kindly
reconfirm all your personal details including your,

(1). YOUR FULL NAMES
(2). YOUR HOME ADDRESS AND OFFICE
(3). YOUR PHONE CONTACT
(4). YOUR STATE OF ORIGIN
(5). COUNTRY
(6). YOUR ID COPY
(7). NEXT OF KIN AND PHONE NUMBER;

Bring All those personal details to avoid wrong proceeding of your
fund to you, the only thing to obtain to get this your fund to you is
an irrevocable letter to proceed which will cost you only $520 to
obtain it from Supreme Court of Justice.

Try to bring all your personal details I requested before to Avoid
wrong proceeding of your fund to you.

Thank you for your understanding and corporations.

Rev. William Maxwell
Chairman, United Nations Compensation Commission
New York, United States of America
Direct Phone: +1-315-338-4426
E-mail: rev.williammaxwell.unnewyork@usa.com

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