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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 Organization <unitednations.program2022@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefiles@vodafone.it
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 10:33:23 +0100
Subject: Our Ref: IMF/WB/UN/XWFD/0816/X022

United Nations Organization.
405 East 42nd Street,
New York, NY, 10017, USA
Our Ref: IMF/WB/UN/XWFD/0816/X022

Attention: Beneficiary,

Having reviewed thousands of extortion/delayed payment release cases
on all the unpaid Inheritance, Lottery winners, and Contract
beneficiaries, the European Union (EU) and the United States
Government in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund
(IMF), United Nations (UN), FBI and the World Bank, has joined forces
as Global Fund Recovery Management and Payment Bureau to tackle the
present CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ravaging the world, by compensating you
as one of the selected verified beneficiaries that are to enjoy a
wonderful philanthropy gesture from billionaires within Asia, America,
Africa, Oceania, and Europe, of being compensated with the sum of One
Million Five hundred thousand United States dollars only
(US$1,500,000.00).

It may interest you to know that your name and email address has been
out-listed among the beneficiaries to benefit from our newly invented
program to curb poverty that is associated with the aftereffect of
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. This program was invented to help fight against
the abuse of legal human rights by those who are privileged to
override the trust of the less privileged. This body was set up to
discover all outstanding unpaid funds being owed to Governments and
Individuals all over the world.

This group is responsible for investigating all reports, the
legitimacy of contracts, inheritance, and lotto winning claims by
companies and individuals and directs the paying authorities worldwide
to make immediate payment of verified claims to the beneficiaries
without further delay or hitch, so as to make the world a better place
at this trying time. You are being legally and legitimately contacted
today, regarding the process and release of your long-awaited fund. Be
kindly informed that after a carefully detailed review of your file,
we have authorized the paying financial institution (United States
Department of the Treasury) to process and release your fund for
immediate transfer to you via an online banking portal, which will be
issued in your name, the moment your reply is received.

This payment method initiated, is to stop the practice of the past and
the unnecessary delay on your payment and to ensure that your payment
is not manipulated. This way you will not have to go through the
rigorous process most people went through in the past.

To further ensure you receive your compensation fund as the
beneficiary, we implore that you get back to us with your re-confirmed
details as stated below, which is being requested to be sure of
accuracy about your data to effect the transfer of funds as the case
may be :

Personal information:

1: Your Names ...............
2: Your Complete Address..............
3: Your Home Tel No...............
4: Your Cell Phone No.............

Details of your online banking account information to access your
balance via your telephone will be provided by the paying bank through
the United States Department of the Treasury, with further
instructions from us, the moment we read back from you, confirming
this transaction.

Be informed that this matter is very urgent and important, so we are
waiting to hear from you today. Note that because Of impostors, we
hereby issued you our Code of Conduct, Which Is (GLOBAL-0816 X022). So
you have to indicate this code when contacting us by using it as your
subject line for identification and security purposes.

Finally, you have been advised to STOP every communication you have
with anyone now as regards to your payment release. Reply only to the
United Nations (UN) payment officer
Mr.Brown J.G. van Oosterom.
Email: officefiles@vodafone.it

Your earliest response will be a very big advantage to you!!!

Congratulations!!!
Antonio Guterres
Secretary-General
United Nations Organization

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