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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: "Mrs. Natalya Stallion MCR" <mrs.natalyastallionmcr@un.org>
Reply-To: <serina.hardin@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 03:29:26 -0800
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE

Sequel to the last executive meeting held by the various heads of financial departments of the United Nations, We have been authorized by the newly appointed World

Bank Group Secretary-General, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS Monetary Unit ( UNMU ), to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payment, Recommended and

approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your funds has been withheld by corrupt officials of the Bank who are

trying to manipulate your funds into their private accounts which as be corrected by the ( UNMU ).

To forest all this, security for your fund was organized in the form of your Personal Identification Number ( PIN ) ( ATM CARD ) and this will enable only the beneficator

to have direct control over their funds in the ( ATM CARD ). We will monitor this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.

An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the Presidency of the United State on your payment. However, We are happy to inform you that based on our

recommendation / instructions, your complete contract funds have been credited in your favor through ( ATM CARD ).

You are therefore advised to contact: Mrs. Serina Hardin, The GENERAL OPERATIONS MANAGER, through this e-mail address: (serina.hardin@yahoo.com), Contact her for the

delivery of your ( ATM CARD ). As soon as you establish contact with Her, An ATM card will be issued to you immediately that you can use to withdraw your funds in any

ATM machine in any part of the world. But, the maximum is Ten Thousand United States Dollars per day, you are advised to furnish the ATM Card Payment Center with the

following information as stated below:

( 1A ) HOME PHONE NUMBER:
( 1B ) CELL / MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
( 2 ) YOUR ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR ATM CARD SENT :

( P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE )
( 3 ) YOUR AGE:
( 4 ) CURRENT OCCUPATION:
( 5 ) YOUR FULL NAME:
( 6 ) YOUR MARITAL STATUS:
( YOUR STATE AND COUNTRY:

NOTE: WITH YOUR CORRECT AND VALID DETAILS. ALSO, BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID IS $ 7.3 MILLION.

Your swift response to this email will enable us to monitor your payment effectively, therefore, contact Mrs. Serina Hardin, As directed to avoid further delay of the release of your funds.



Look,
Mrs. Natalya Stallion,
for:
United Nations
Secretary.

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