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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: "PRESIDENT OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joettamai@russellks.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:42:43 -0700
Subject: UN PAYMENT NOTICE

#799 united nations plaza new York 10017, (USA)
United Nations organization financial regulatory office:

Attention; Please

This is to intimate you with very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your inheritance/covid19 outbreak compensation payment, You're qualified and chosen for the United Nations award & covid19 outbreak compensation payment of $8,500,000.00 USD only. Payment was approved to be paid via MasterCard prepaid debit ATM card or direct bank transfer. Kindly contact the Secretary-general of the United Nations for more details. Contact Mr. Ant?nio J. Guterres through below email for your claim,

CONTACT Mr. Ant?nio J. Guterres
EMAIL: <joettamai@russellks.net>
phone: +1-(409)-571-2111
kindly text him for an urgent response.

yours faithfully,
Prof. Abdulla Shahid
United nations, President General Assembly
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Please consider our environment before printing
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