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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: George Wallace. <info@unicef.org>
Reply-To: infoofficefile6@gmail.com
Date: 29 Jun 2024 10:08:58 -0700
Subject: Your Payment Entitlement Has Been Cleared

Attention Dear Sir,

I am/We are pleased to inform you that your total payment entitlement has been cleared and approved to be released to you finally through our foreign payment centers in Sao Paulo Brazil and France. Consequently, You are expected to travel to these two payment centers to formalize and finalize the process of this funds payments release to you.

Firstly, You will be traveling to Sao Paulo in Brazil to sign the relevant payment release documents, which you will travel to France with to present to the paying officials in France for the eventual release of your payment and subsequent transfer of your entire funds to your designated Bank account/s.

Furthermore, to enable this process to achieve its full objective, Our officials in Sao Paulo will buy some gift items, such as male and female clothing capable of enticing our other officials at the payment/transfer center in  France.  You will carry these gift items and the signed documents with you to France to present to the officials there as tips in order to compel them to ascribe to your payment all priority attention it deserves. Of course, this singular action will ensure that not only you receive your payment certainly but also first before any other beneficiary.

Meanwhile, a capable financial expert has been contacted to assist us with the provision of all the necessary financial assistance by paying for your tickets throughout this journey, your hotel accommodation both in Sao Paulo and France.  You shall also be given some money to serve as your feeding and other expenses once you arrive in Sao Paulo and another money given to you for your expenses on arrival in Europe.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ADVANCE OR PAY ANY MONEY UPFRONT ALL THROUGH THIS EXERCISE. Your only contribution is to accept travel and all your travel expenses shall be taken care of by us. Secondly, accept to sign the documents in Sao Paulo and travel with the same documents and the purchased gift items to Europe for the final endorsement and transfer of your payment. Also note that the money for the purchase of these gift items shall be borne by us and handled by our officials in Sao Paulo.

The entire journey will take you between 8 to 10 days to conclude. Therefore, you should prepare yourself for this number of days.

Finally, should you accept to make this trip, I urge you to contact your local traveling agency to inquire if you need a VISA to Sao Paulo Brazil and France, so that you can apply for it immediately to save time.

Do not hesitate to ask me questions if need be.

Best Regards.

Mr. George Wallace.

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