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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 <info@yotrio.com>
Reply-To: <michaelvm01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:11:02 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$10,500,000.00

(International Territory)
Address 760 United Nations Plaza,
New York, New York 10017, United States
 
 
Attn: Fund Beneficiary.
 
REF: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$10,500,000.00
 
During the joint meeting held by the European Union (E.U.) with United Nations (U.N.) on Lottery Winnings, Contract and Inheritance fund Payment; The United Nations decided to compensate people who have been scammed and also people who haven't received their lottery winning doing the years due to corrupt officials.
 
Investigations were carried out on those corrupt officials and a reasonable amount of money was recovered from them, for this reason, the United Nations decided to compensate 10 lucky people who were victims of this fraud,  E-mail addresses were selected randomly and your email was among this 10 lucky people. You are hereby compensated with the sum of US$10,500,000.00.
 
 
A part payment of US$7,500,000.00 will be Credited in your online bank account that will be setup in your favor or an ATM MASTER CARD in your favor. After you receive this first payment via ATM CARD OR WIRE TRANSFER, another US$3,000,000.00 will be Activated and send to you as well. We have taken this measure in order to avoid any unnecessary lapses or delay during the process of delivering the ATM MASTER CARD to your address or setting up online bank account in your favor depends on the choice you made to receive this funds.
 
 
NOTE: Your payment via ONLINE WIRE TRANSFER OR ATM MASTER CARD DELIVERY is worth US$10,500,000.00 and has been Activated awaiting for your respond. You are hereby advised to contact: Mr. Michael Victor Moon and follow every instructions from him to enable a successful delivery or transfer all depends on your choice.
 
 
Below is the contact information.
 
Mr. Michael Victor Moon
 
Direct email address: michaelvm01@hotmail.com
 
WhatsApp: +1(612)504-9821
 
 
We will strictly monitor the process of your ATM MASTER CARD delivery or wire transfer to avoid the hopeless situation created by the past corrupt officials from been repeated again.
 
 
Please acknowledge receipt of this important information.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General United Nations
Federal Reserve System

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