419 scam: "Mr. Ban Ki-Moon (UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL)" <ban-ki-moon@hotmail.co.uk> ID NUMBER (UNO-80/7877/011)

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "reached-a-staff@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045700780 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ban Ki-Moon (UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL)" <ban-ki-moon@hotmail.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: reached-a-staff@w.cn
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:58:29 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: ID NUMBER (UNO-80/7877/011)

UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUNDS.
United Kingdom Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNO-Baley House CH-1211 (UK)
UNITED KINGDOM

:::YEAR 2009 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS:::

Dear Valuable Winner,

We at the United Nations (UN) global office like to officially inform you
and also
congratulate you on our yearly raffle draw that was held by our
organization, which
featured you as the second place winner. This promotion is been organized
each year to promote our global publicity and reputations as we plan to
exploit more corners of the world and eleviate poverty.

This promotion is just one of the various ways we are presently using to
Achieve this global vision of ours. Your email address with Winning ID.
(UNO-80/7877/011) was luckily drawn to be this year's second place winner
cash prize of $150,000 GBP(One Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds). This
money we believe will
enable you make some impact in the society. How do I claim my prize? All
claim will be verified and processed by our agent as soon as you submit
your personal details, you are therefore
required to file an application mail notice for claim to our
Claims/Delivery Officer of Fedex Delivery Company
who is responsible for the delivery of your parcel to you from the UK
regional office with the requested
information below. Upon the confirmation and verification of your status,
your prize fund will be made available for delivery,
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1,Full Name(s):...................
2,Country:..................................
3,Address:.........................
4,Phone number:....................
5,Gender:..........................
6,Occupation:...............................
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Claims/Delivery Officer's (Fedex) Contact Details;
Name- Mr Williams Jones
Tel: +44-7045-7007-80.
Office Address- United Nations Complex STANFORD BRIDGE London--(UK)
Email- reached-a-staff@w.cn

This yearly raffle draw has been signed and is protected by the (FBI) and
the (EFCC) respectively,
if you recieve any mail from other third parties claiming to be from the
UN please shun it as we have recieved multiple
complaints from the PUBLIC and reported it to the (FBI) and the (EFCC)
respectively.

Once again congratulations Special greetings from the
entire Staffs of United NationsTrust Funds Worldwide.
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Signed.
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
(UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL).
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NOTE: You must be 18-years or above to claim your winning price.
Misconduct and non-adherence to instructions leads to prize termination.
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