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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: "MS. FATOUMATA NDIAYE" <mncncnncm@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lnvestigationoios@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 22:19:10 +0100
Subject: From: Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye.

OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES(OIOS)
Internal Audit, Monitoring,Consulting And Investigations Division,
Evaluating and Inspection services.
From: Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye.

To: Fund Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that OIOS has come to compensate you after series of
complain from the FBI and other Security agencies from almost every part of
the globe against Africa,the United States Government and the British
Government over the rate of scam activities going on in these nations and
the rate at which fund beneficiaries are being treated and deceived to the
extend of rendering most of these people bankrupt and homeless by
collecting and asking them to send more monies to them because they claim
that they will help you and they claim to be from one office or another but
all these are mere lies and deceit.

Having met the African Union (AU) chairman, whom claimed that he has been
trying his best over the past year to make sure fund beneficiaries gets
their funds & as directed by our secretary general, We are working in
collaborations with the Finance Minister to waive off all the fees/Charges
and authorize the Government to effect the payment of your compensation
amount of $10M USD approved by the British government and the UN into your
account without any delay.

It was resolved that the only fee you must pay to confirm your fund payment
is only the R3 fee to the UN which is to obtain all the legal documents
backing up the fund payment and these documents will also be forwarded to
your government and local banks. Sincerely, you are such a lucky person
because as I just arrived in this country, I went through your fund payment
& ownership file to discover that some top Government Officials are
interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with officers
from the USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their
personal account.

I have a very limited time to stay here, so I would like you to urgently
respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm
your funds after the Notarization fee payment is settled.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye
Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations OIOS.

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