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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: official <nigeriaparliament@gmail.com>
Reply-To: meganfaox20@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2022 16:46:30 -0800
Subject: re

--
United Nations Organization U.N.O)
And European Union (E.U)
In Affiliation with The World Bank/IMF
International Monetary Fund.
Covid 19 Parlative office
405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017,
USA. Tel: (+ 1) (212) 963 ****


Attn:Beneficiary,

We are pleased to inform you that your email address have been
selected for the our corona Virus (Covid 19) Palliative which was set
up 13 January 2020 to help businesses and individuals whose lives and
businesses might have been affected one way or the other

This selection was done randomly using available email address and
Telephone contacts available on the yellow page of international
directories where your email is listed and you were lucky for your
email address to be selected

The total sum of $1,600,000.00 have been awarded to you which you will
receive through our affiliate bank First Green Financial Company.

You are here by mandated to contact the paying using within the next
72 hours with the following details Full Names, Address,
Occupation/Title, Telephone. age and next of Kin.

inform them that you have been selected for the claim of palliative on
selection code detail Date of selection 22nd January 2022. Ref:
015xxx13UNOEU/2222

Send the above details to the bank directly for urgent payment

Bank Name First Green Financial Bank
Email: admin@firstgreenfinancial.com
Website: https://firstgreenfinancial.com/
Contact: Mr Dunga Luis

Mr. Gerald Abraham
Payment Reconciliation
United Nations Organization
Covid 19 Palliative office
Email:gfjdvdn@gmail.com

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