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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Ant=C3=B3nio_Guterres?= <ealan7280@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 01:55:44 -0700
Subject: Dear Esteemed Fund Beneficiary

ATM PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
UNITED NATIONS
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
Motto:-A Stronger United Nations for a Better World
Web Side:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary-General

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

Dear Esteemed Fund Beneficiary

We the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS have investigate the
unnecessary delay of your inheritance/contract fund,recommended and
approve in your favor.

During the course of our investigation,we discovered with dismay that
your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of
the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their private
accounts,to forestall this,security for your funds Was organized in
the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD,this
will enable only you have direct Control over this fund,we have also
agreed with the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) which is our most trusted
Bank in Africa to handle this payment,to avoid the hopeless situation
created by the Officials of the formal bank that wanted to transfer
your fund to you.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from
U.K,we are happy to inform you that based on our
recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund has been
credited in your favor through ATM MASTER CARA.You are therefore
advice to send your contact details to the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA to
enable them inform you on how you will collect your original payment
slip with your ATM MASTER CARD.They will issue you an ATM MASTER CARD
that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine of your choice
in any part of the world,but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per a
day.So if you like to receive your funds through this means kindly let
us know by contacting the card payment center UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
(UBA) and also send the following information as stated below to the
Directed of Foreign Currency Operation/ATM UNIT Dr.Ahmed Bellow Umar
with his email address also stated below.

Dr.Ahmed Bello Umar
ahmedbelloumarcb@gmail.com

{1}.Full names. {Maiden name}
{2}.Home address
{3}.Office address, {P .O Box not accepted}.
{4}.Direct telephone number and cell phone number.
{5}.Marital Status /Age/ Gender/Occupation.
{6}.Companies name and address.
{7} Last 4 Digits of Social Security Number.
{8}.Nationality.
{9} Home Equity {YES OR NO}.
{10}.Credit card {Yes or No}

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICE TO FURNISH HIM WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT
DETAILS.AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $10
MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU

IN A LATER DATE.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this
payment effectively.

Contact Dr.Ahmed Bello Umar through this email address
:-ahmedbelloumarcb@gmail.com we have passed your information to him
and he is waiting for your reply

Thanks for your patience as you have waited so long to receive your fund.

Yours Faithfully,

António Guterres,
the ninth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations
Making the world a better place
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary-General

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