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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: united nations <bibedirect1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unidnationsofice84@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:13:39 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION : CARD OWNER,

ATTENTION : CARD OWNER,

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary
general, and the governing body of the UNITED
NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your
inheritance/contract fund, recommended and approve
in your favor.

During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that
your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into
their private accounts, to forestall this,
security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal
Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD, this will
enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also
agreed with the Presidency that we will handle this
payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the
Officials of the bank.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from U.K,
we are happy to inform you that based on our
recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund has been
credited in your favor through ATM card. You are
therefore advice to send your contact details to enable us inform you
about the paying bank in America to collect your original payment slip
with your ATM card.
They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in
any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the
maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per a day.So if you like to receive
your funds through this means kindly let us know by contacting the
card
payment center and also send the following information as stated below
to them as directed above.

{1}full names. {Maiden name}
{2}home address
{3}office address, {P .O Box not accepted}.
{4}direct telephone number and cell phone number.
{5}marital Status /Age/ Gender/Occupation.
{6}companies name and address.
{7} Last 4 Digits of Social Security Number.
{8}nationality.
{9} Home Equity {YES OR NO}.
{10}credit card {Yes or No}

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVISED TO FURNISH US WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS.
AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID NOW IS $8.3 MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this
payment effectively.
Get back to us through this email address :- ( unitednationsofice84@gmail.com )

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