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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: Mrs Hellen George <mrshellengeorege1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 09:11:49 +0000
Subject: Your long awaited part payment of $2.5.000.00Usd (TWO MILLION FIVE
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)

ATTN:
Hope all is well with you and Your family?, you may not understand
why this mail came to you. In regards to the recent meeting between
the United Nations and the Present United States Government to restore
the dignity and Economy of the Nations,Base on the Agreement with
the World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place
for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty. We have been having a
meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations
and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate
to the president of Burkina Faso his Excellency President Roch Marc
Christian Kaboré to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts
owed to Foreigners and Compensate all that have lost their hard earned
money to the Burkina Faso Fraudsters.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of
the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the
sum of US$2,500,000 ( Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars) This includes every foreign contractors that may have not
received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished
transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government
problems,Contracts Sum, Lottery/Gambling etc.Your name and email was
in the list submitted by our Monitoring Teams of Economic and
Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) observers and this is why we are contacting you,
this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact MR.DANIEL JOHNSON, as he is our
representative in Burkina Faso contact him immediately for your ATM
MASTER CARD worth the total sum of US$2,500,000 ( Two Million Five
Hundred United State Dollars) This funds has been credited in ATM CARD
for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you via Chronopost
international and you you can withdraw in any ATM Cash Point Machine
Worldwide through ATM
Payment Center mode. Contact Him immediately for your ATM MASTER CARD
Delivery with the following information.

1. Full name:
2. Phone and Fax number:
3. Address where you want him to send the MASTER CARD(P.O Box not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation :
5. A cope of your international passport or identity card.

Person to Contact: MR.KELLY HALL the Director of the
International Audit unit ATM Payment Center,


Email: unitedbankforafricagroupbf@financier.com
TELEPHONE:+226-64865611

Give him your File Reference (RE-1077-V) and you are free to contact
him via telephone number, it will be better to call him and once you
do that he will ask you of your File Reference number which is
(RE-1077-V), this file reference number is very important and gives
him access to get through to your file and email you back quickly
oncehe confirms your email and your delivery details.

Thanks for adhering to this instructions and once again accept our
congratulations.
Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place,
Regards.
Mrs Helen George Staff in UNITED NATIONS)

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