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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. WILSON STEWART." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <boamericaonline@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:54:59 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
1775 K ST NW # 400
WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500,
UNITED STATES
TEL/FAX: +1-3234356897
 
Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,
 
COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER
 
This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and
scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in
various parts of African countries and Europe, which includes (Nigeria, United Kingdom, Spain,
Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear
at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.
During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from these scam
artists.
The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have
ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the
World for compensation. This Email/Letter is been directed to you because your email address and country
name was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensated with the sum of
$8,200,000.00 (US$) (Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).
We have arranged your payment to be paid to you direct to your bank account in your country. To
receive the above fund, you are therefore advised to contact the (US Trust Bank
private Bank Agent) who will transfer the fund to your bank account from Reserve Bank. We have
advised the Bank Agent to open a private email address with a new number as to enable us to monitor
this payment and the transfer communications to avoid further delay or misdirection of your fund. Kindly
contact the US Trust Reserve Bank private Bank Agent now with the below contact details:
 
Contact: MR. DONALD JONES B
Compensation Fund Transfer Dept.
(US TRUST Bank)
Contact Email: info@usltruslb.online
               boamericaonline@outlook.com
 
Contact him now and forward the below details to him:
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:
5. Next of kin:
6. valid ID:
 
Yours in Service.
MR. WILSON STEWART.
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit.
Please make sure you are a scam victim to respond to this Email if this mail come as an
Error Ignore it and Delete Immediately

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