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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: ANTONIO GUTERRES <sergentrose12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aguterres602@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 11:58:47 +0100
Subject: FUND ACTIVATION FEE

On-Behalf of the United Nation (UN), and their Governing Body's.

I'm Mr. Antonio Guterres' The Secretary General United Nations (UN)'
the office in charge of your Inheritance Fund.

The presentation and outline of the order given by the authority in
charge of your inheritance fund.

Congratulations' My dear' beneficiary.

This to inform you that the governing body of the United Nations
Monitory Unit in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund'
have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam
artists in Africa on behalf of all American Citizens affected by
Co-African fraudulent Group' with the help of the Organization of
African Unity (OAU), wit the United Nations (UN) and Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI).

Gracefully' We have been able to track down so many of this scam
artist already in various parts of Africa and Europe, and they will
appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherland) soon
for Fraud Justice.

During the investigation we discovered with dismay that your payment
has been unnecessary delayed by corrupt officials of the previous
appointed paying bank who were making effort to divert allocate fund
into their private Bank accounts.

In order to acquire requisition' dear am here to inform you that your
irrevocable inheritance fund was legitimately sighed and approved by
myself with my authority as the General Secretary United Nations after
our last meeting section at the white house washington, D.C with The
International Monetary Fund Chief Director Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva
(IMF) and The United Nations Monitory Unite Anti-Crime Commission in
collaboration with European Council and we have concluded and
authorized the immediate release of your total inheritance Fund worth
of 60,000.000.00 (sixty Million United State Dollars) loaded in ATM
Master card.

For the fact that your ATM card is already activated for instant use'
anymore delay from you are not recommended by the authority in charge
of your inheritance fund' so you have to try your possible best today
or tomorrow to complete the payment procedure of $180usd on able the
attorney general sign up your file for delivery to avoid any
interruption at your city airport or any branches of force to enable
successful delivery of your ATM card to you with 0% alibis.

And' To prevent the security of your fund we organized in the form of
a personal (Four Digit) indentation number (Pin) ATM Card which will
enable only you to have a direct control over your ATM Master Card

My dear' we will monitor your delivery process ourself to avoid any
repetition of the hopeless situation created by the the previous
government.

I await your response.

Kind regards.

Mr. Antonio Guterres' The Secretary General United Nations (UN)
The United Nations Headquarter 1,405 East 43nd Street, New York, NY, 10017,USA

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