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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 Development Program <idrisshamsiya2022@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoxmzxawd@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:54:04 +0100
Subject: Re: Credit Access Alert

Attention: Beneficiary,

It's my pleasure to officially inform you that your email was short listed by the United Nations Compensation Committee which was setup to compensate the Victims of Fraudulent Activities and International businesses Men/Women that failed to complete their business due to Government Policy as regards the payments of Inheritance/Winning claim that was due to you.

However, your Compensation Benefit value at USD$3,200,000.00M has been approved in your favor, all that is required of you to receive your funds is to contact the Resident Representative office. Note, your advice to stop whatever transactions you are having in regards to your Unclaimed Funds which is the latest instruction from Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, Therefore you can contact our Resident Representative office through this (email: infoxmzxawd@gmail.com).

We unanimously agreed to pay you Via ATM MASTER CARD to enable us complete this process, You are hereby advised to re-confirm the below information once again to the Resident Representative officer for further proceedings/next line of action through this (email: infoxmzxawd@gmail.com)

(1)Your full name........
(2)House Address...
(3)Country............
(4)Phone Number...
(5)Occupation...
(6)Gender...
(7)Age.......

Note: this compensation includes, Victims of Fraudulent Activities and International businesses Men/Women that failed to complete their projects due to Government Policy as regards the payments of Inheritance/Winning which was due to you. CONTACT EMAIL: (infoxmzxawd@gmail.com)

Best Regards,
United Nations Development Program.

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