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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 Nation <james.k33@live.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:25:18 +0000
Subject: Good Day.


From the UN Secretary-General
Our Reff: 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 (Mr.Kuben Naidoo) on 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. Mr.Kuben Naidoo 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. on this email:info.admin33@protonmail.com
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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