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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Mr_Ant=C3=B3nio_Guterres?= <yusufdalemoh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usmanyakub2@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:44:11 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM UNITED NATION ATM CARD CENTER OFFICE,


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GOOD NEWS FROM UNITED NATION ATM CARD CENTER OFFICE,

How are you today? I hope all is right with you; Please I advised that you
should read this email message very carefully and urgently get back to me
immediately to avoid the wrong delivery of your overdue inheritance unpaid
ATM CARD fund worth $4.8Million USD presently at our custody United Nation.

Based on the meeting held yesterday with the United Nations Official, US
Embassy Official and IMF officials In collaboration with Office of UK
Government regarding all overdue inheritance payment File of which your
name and email ID was listed among the unpaid beneficiary, I writing to
inform you that your files appeared on our desk to pay you a partial
payment of$ 4.8 Million US Dollars of your funds for this First quarter of
the year.

But we are having misunderstanding because a lady by name Mrs. Delores
Olea, from United States of America called our Office on Friday stating
that she is your new next of kin that you have given her the power of
attorney to claim your unpaid ATM CARD Fund worth of $4.8 Million USD, she
clearly informed our Office that you have instructed her to receive the
funds on your favor that you are greatly Will which makes it impossible for
you to ask all our calls and email to you so far that you cannot work or
answer any calls due your presently health condition.

Executive Board of Director Federal Ministry of Finance World are currently
and so confuse about her claim that is why the authority instructed me to
contact you for us to know if she is telling us the truth or not to avoid
delivering of your unpaid fund worth of $4.8 Million USD to unexpected
person as we have no clue about this person Mrs. Delores Olea.

She also forwarded below information DETAILS to us for the delivery of your
unpaid inheritance Payment worth the total sum of$4.8 Million USD. (
Email- olee.d2013@gmail.com FULL NAME== Mrs.Delores Olea COUNTRY===USA
ADDRESS====3500 OLD DENTON RD APT 208; CARROLLTON, TEXAS 75007 PHONE
NUMBER== (845) 218-1685 ) Kindly check this information and name if we can
go ahead and deliver the funds to her info.

After she provided this info to us, she instructed us not to bother or
disturbed ourselves by contacting you because you cannot access your email
presently due to your present health condition. We should deliver the funds
to her provided information directly because she is now acting on your
behalf. If you are still interested in this ATM CARD fund kindly reconfirm
your direct information to us urgently to avoid wrong delivery such as okay.

1. Your Full Name:=======
2. Your Telephone No:====
3. Your Country:=========
4. Your Home Address:====
5. Your Nearest airport:==
6. Your passport:=====

We wait to hear from you soon. Don't keep us waiting for your own good.

Your Sincerely

Your Sincerely
Mr António Guterres
Secretary-General
of the United Nations

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