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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: UN CORDINATOR PAYMENT DEPARTMENT <carolduru4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnmore2006@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:52:44 +0100
Subject: UN CORDINATOR PAYMENT DEPARTMENT

DEAR,

THIS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION WITH YOUR PAYMENT
FILE NO UN/US/2/6/004 TO TRANSFER YOUR OVER DUE
COMPENSATION,INHERITANCE,LOTTERY AND CONTRACT FUNDS OF
US$10,500,000.00 TO YOU AS SOON AS ALL CHARGES IS DEDUCTED.

PLEASE RE-CONFIRM ON HOW YOU WANT YOUR FUNDS TO BE RELEASED TO YOU.

(A) BANK TO BANK TRANSFER
(B) ATM CARD
(C) ONLINE BANK ACCOUNT
(D) CASHIER CHECK

WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE YOUR $10.5M (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLARS) AS SOON AS YOU CHOOSE ANY OF THE OPTIONS ABOVE
THEREFORE AS A MATTER OF URGENCY YOU ARE ADVISED TO MAKE A PAYMENT OF
US$200.00 BEEN PAYMENT OF DEDUCTION FEE.

THE DEDUCTION FEE OF US$200.00 WILL ENABLE US TO OBTAIN AN AFFIDAVIT
AND STAMP DUTIES FROM SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, WHICH WILL EMPOWER US
TO DEDUCT ALL CHARGES AND PREPARE YOUR DEDUCTION CERTIFICATE THAT WILL
SHOW THAT ALL CHARGES HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED AND YOU WILL NOT PAY ANY
OTHER FEE.

NOTE: DO NOT REPLY ME BACK IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO MAKE THE PAYMENT OF
$200 FOR YOUR DEDUCTION CERTIFICATE.

SO YOU ADVISED TO ASK FOR INFORMATION WHERE YOU WILL MAKE THE PAYMENT
OF $200 FOR DEDUCTION FEE.AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS PAYMENT FROM YOU,
WE WILL DEDUCT ALL CHARGES AND YOUR BALANCE WILL BE REMITTED TO YOU,
ALSO YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FORWARD TO ME THE BELLOW DETAILS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE FOR THE PROCESSING

WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

REGARDS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY

MRS.BEVERLY JAMES
UN CORDINATOR PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
405 E EAST 42ND STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y.10017, USA

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