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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: "Mr James Peterson" <admin@kolanderimages.com>
Reply-To: "Mr James Peterson" <petjames55@gmail.com>, petjames55@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 04:14:37 +0100
Subject: Its up to you

Beneficiary of the fund,
I sent you this letter a month ago but I haven't heard from you, I'm not sure if you received it so I'll send it again: First, I'm Mr. James Peterson, Managing Director and Unify Credit Association from IMF
In fact, we have reviewed all the obstacles and issues related to your uncompleted transaction and your inability to fulfill the "39" W transfer fees that you have been charged.

We, the Board of Directors, Unify Credit Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C. in cooperation with the US Treasury Department and some other relevant investigative agencies here in the United States of America.
has directed our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit to issue you a VISA card to which your $3.5 million
balance will be uploaded for further withdrawals of your balance.
During the course of our investigation, we were dismayed to learn
that your payment was unnecessarily delayed by corrupt bank officials attempting to divert your funds to their private accounts.
And today we inform you that your balance has been credited to your VISA card by U.C.U
Bank and also ready for shipment.
You must provide the following information in order for the procurement officer to submit a claim letter on your behalf.

Your full name =====================

Your country of origin ================

Your home address =================

Your age ==========================

Your gender =======================

Your Whats App phone number =================

Kind regards,

Mr James Peterson.
Approved payment coordinator
UCU United States

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