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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: =?UTF-8?B?PE9OTElORSBQUk9HUkFNU8KuPg==?= <info@unitednations.com>
Reply-To: ONLINEPROGRAMES@aliyun.com
Date: 18 Jul 2023 22:10:48 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?T05MSU5FIFBST0dSQU1Twq4=?=

Dear Beneficiary,

How are you today? We hope this mail meets you in a perfect
condition. This is a total cash prize of United States
$500,000.00 given to the first person compensated in this ONLINE
PROGRAMS. All participants were selected randomly from the World
Wide Web site through a computer draw system.

We are using this opportunity to thank you for being ONLINE
daily. Due to your effort, being ONLINE daily, we want to
compensate you and show our gratitude to you with the sum of
$500,000.00 only, We have arranged your payment through our SWIFT
CARD centers, which is the latest instruction from First US Bank
Reconciliation Office {First US Bank}.

The CARD center will send you an International ATM Master Card or
international certified bank draft which you will use to withdraw
your money in any international ATM CARD MACHINE, Banks and Union
Pay Credit outlets in the world; you are hereby selected as an
honor for this payment approval, which you are to acknowledge the
receipt of this mail to the Logistic Department by email listed
below.

Your ID: 8448KK00
Claim Number: 8448101M

Compensation Office and Logistics Vaults with below e-mail;

Contact Agent. Mr.NELSON WILLIAMS
E-mail: ONLINEPROGRAMES@aliyun.com

Thanks and GOD bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you
soon.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Bessel Harris.
ONLINE PROGRAMS®

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