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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: office file <file8119@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitednationsorganization@representative.com
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 13:54:07 +0100
Subject: IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD GOOD NEWS,,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCI
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT

IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD GOOD NEWS,

UNITED NATIONS BENIN REGIONAL INTERCONNECTION WITH UNITED NATIONS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE A MEETING
WITH THE HOUSE (FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC, ABIDJAN, TOGO
AND NIGERIA) WE TOLD THEM THAT WE WANT YOUR FUND TO BE RELEASE TO YOU
AS YOU HAVE WAITED FOR IT SO LONG, WE THE UNITED NATION HAVE AN
AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT YOU SHOULD PAY ONLY DELIVERING FEE FOR THE
CARD TO BE DELIVER TO YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS THROUGH STANDARD COURIER
BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN THEM ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THEY NEED FOR THE
DELIVERY AND ITS COMING WITH UN NAME TO ENSURE THAT NON STOPPAGE.

HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ONLY 7TH WORKING DAYS TO SEND THE DELIVERY CHARGES
OF $250:00 U.S. DOLLARS FOR THE DELIVERING OF YOUR CARD BECAUSE IF WE
DON’T HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE PAYMENT INFORMATION; THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL CANCEL THE SHIPMENT AS AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THEM,
SO YOU HAVE TO READ NOTICE CAREFULLY AS THE NOTICE STAND AS CAUTION
BEFORE IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOU MUST BE
CONSCIOUS OF THIS PROJECT, AS WE WILL SOON CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION
WITH YOU, IN CASE OF ANY E-MAILS OR CALLS YOU RECEIVES REGARDING THIS
FROM ANY INDIVIGUALS CLAIMED TO BE ME, OR E-MAILS, CALLS FROM ANY
ORGANIZATION TO YOU, SUCH MUST BE FORWARDED AT ONCE TO ME IMMEDIATELY
BY E-MAIL FOR VERIFICATION.

ALSO, IT MIGHT COME TO YOU WITH DIFFERENT PROPOSALS WITH DIFFERENT
NAMES INCLUDING MY NAME ASKING YOU TO COME AND CLAIM YOUR ESTATE OR
EVEN FUNDS BELONGING TO YOU OR TO SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT KNOW, I URGE YOU
TO IGNORE SUCH E-MAILS OR CALLS, WHILE FORWARDING IT TO US FOR UNITED
NATIONS GENERAL ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE IT FOR US. I WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING
AND CO-OPERATION, AGAIN WITHOUT THIS CODE ( 9119 ) DON’T GET BACK TO
ME.

MOREOVER, BATCH OF YOUR CARD WHICH CONTAINS $10,500.000.00 MILLION
U.S. DOLLARS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND UPLOADED INSIDE THE CARD. YOUR
FUND WHICH IS IN TOTAL $10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS WILL COME
IN BATCHES OF $10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS AND THE PAYMENT
WOULD BE SENT TO YOU VIA POST OFFICE OR DHL, BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNED A
CONTRACT WITH THEM WHICH WILL EXPIRED BY August 30TH. BELOW ARE FEW
LIST OF TRACKING NUMBERS YOU CAN TRACK FROM DHL WEBSITE (WWW.DHL.COM)
TO CONFIRM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENT
SUCCESSFULLY.

DHL WEBSITE ( WWW.DHL.COM).
TRACKING NUMBER============== 6827181900
TRACKING NUMBER ============== 8713631300

YOU ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SO AS
TO AVOID ANY MISTAKE DURING DELIVERY.

(1) FULL NAME.......
(2) PRESENT ADDRESS......
(3) TEL:.........
(4) SEX................
(5) AGE...................
(6) OCCUPATION.......
(7) EMAIL ADDRESS


CONTACT US URGENT VIA THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: (
unitednationsorganization@representative.com ) TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION
YOU WILL USED TO MADE THE PAYMENT FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM
VISA CARD. THANKS

YOURS SINCERELY
MR. STEVEN MOLO
CALL OR TEXT +1 202 830 0692

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