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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: "World Bank Group" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@accentci.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 15:44:38 -0700
Subject: INFORMATION

United Nation (Anti-Fraud Unit)
Address: Palais des Nations,
1211 Genève, Switzerland
OUR REF: UN-FGA/WB4/11
YOUR REF: (UN/WB/FGA)
BATCH: 807-2015-550/188

*****24HRS SERVICE *****

Dear Sir/Madam,

LETTER OF COMPENSATION/SETTLEMENT.

We hereby inform you that out of our records for the year investigation it was drawn to us that you have been victimized by the men of underworld (Pretenders/impostors). However, the management has been dutifully empowered by the Investigation bureau office of the UN President and United States Government with the African and European Union / to curb all illicit transaction and workload of this perpetrators.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres to compensate 500,000 scam victim worldwide. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS and WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$6,500,000.00 USD (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar) to each person.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed. Please make sure you respond to this email well and stop communicating with FAKE Office
that has been promising you heaven and earth without RESULT.

You are advised to contact Mr. Owen Joseph as he is our representative, in Africa, contact him immediately for your payment with US $6,500,000.00 USD (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar). These funds are in South African Reserve Bank for security purposes, so that he will process it and make sure that you receive the payment to any bank account of your choice.

Therefore, you should send Email him immediately with your information below as directed and he will guide you on how to receive your payment with the sum of $6,500,000.00 USD (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar).

Your Full Name...........
Your Home Address........
Your Private Telephone Number.......
Your Age....................
Your Occupation........
Your Country..........

These above-mentioned information's will officially enable us to carry out our verification processes and after which your compensation/Inheritance Funds will be approved in your name and credited to any bank account of your choice.

Contact our representative with the information below for direction.
Contact Person: (Mr. Owen Joseph, our General Consultant Branch Office in South Africa),
Email: info@accentci.com
owen_joseph200@hotmail.com
Paying out Amount: $6,500,000.00 USD (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar)

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Signed by
António GUTERRES, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 20 March 2024
http://www.un.org/sg/
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The information in this message may be proprietary and/or confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify Mr. Owen Joseph UN representative immediately by replying to this message.

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