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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 United Nations <Prox1x@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:42:13 +0000
Subject: Good Day


>From the UN Secretary-General
OurReff: 3447181146UNCPRO

This letter is to inform you officially that United Nations board of
Trustee on humanitarian aids, have been having series of meetings for
the past seven months with the Secretary-General to UNITED NATIONS, to
compensate Scam victims. We hereby formally inform you that you are
among selected Scammed Victims (Victims of crime and Fraud) around the
world. The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate you and other
individuals with the sum of US$400,000.00 (Four Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars Only) each due to scam you went through in the past.

This initiative includes every foreign contractors and Lottery Winners
that may have not received their money, and people that have had an
unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to
Scams activities and Government problems etc. We found your name in our
list hence we contacted you, it has been agreed upon and signed to
compensate you and other selected Scammed Victims without hesitation.

You are advised to contact our representative Dr Rashad Cassim on (dr.rrc.rbs@executivemail.co.za) below
contact details immediately for your International Bank transfer of
USD$400,000.00. These funds are in an escrow account of United Nations
for security purpose. Dr Rashad Cassim will process and release your fund
immediately you give him all the details he needs.
We advise you to stop all the communications you are having with any
other Agent or bank officials in Europe, Asia, USA and Africa regarding
your payment and contact him.
Send the information as follow
1. Full Name: ____________
2. Address: _____________
3. Nationality: _____ Sex________
4. Age: _____ Date of Birth: ______
5. Phone: _______ Fax: _____________
6. Ref number:_____________
7. Occupation: ___________________
This is another way United Nations is making our world a better place In
these challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNODC continues to
focus on delivering vital assistance
at a time. We hope to hear from you as soon as you receive this
information.
Sincerely,
Ms.Ghada Fathy Waly

(Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna)

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