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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 Oh Joon <jb2755013@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joonoh43@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 06:52:09 +0100
Subject: Attn;Please" Beneficiary"

Good day,

I am Mr Oh Joon, President of the United Nations
Economic and Social Council and I work hand to hand with the Bureau of
the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury and the bureau of
unclaimed funds.

We discovered that you have an unclaimed payments that was supposed to
be remitted to you, maybe due to some unforeseen circumstance that
allow you not to finish your transactions home or abroad, so I took it
upon myself to get in touch with you before it will be forfeited as
you still have the chance to claim your funds. Get back to me

for more details on how to claim your payment before it is marked unclaimed.

I need your full name, current Phone number, Home address and a copy
of your valid Id card, so that we can commence the process of
approving the funds to your name for possible transfer within 48
hours.

Send your informations to my private email address only (
joonoh43@gmail.com ). Call or whatssapp only +44
7880565774

Stay Safe & Healthy.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Oh Joon (UN).
Tel +44 7880565774 whatssapp only.

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