419 scam: UNITED NATIONS <adnerb8654@yahoo.com> SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$ 250,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "economic and financial crime commission" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jimovia000xx@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED NATIONS <adnerb8654@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jimovia000xx@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 14:03:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$ 250,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS. Send acopy of your response to official email:

jimovia000xx@gmail.com

ATTN:Sir/Madam,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.

In regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations and the

Present United States Government to
restore the dignity and Economy of the Nations.Base on the Agreement
with the World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better
place for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to all the people that
have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have
agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$ 250,000.00 (Two Hundred
and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)This includes every foriegn
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.

Your name and email was in the list
submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime
Commission observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have
been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. Jim
Ovia of ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he is our representative in
Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank
Draft of USD$ 250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars) This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he
will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2003. You can view this page for your perusal:

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

Therefore, you should send him your
full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you
want him to send the Draft to you.

Contact Mr. Jim Ovia immediately for your Cheque:

Person to Contact Mr. Jim Ovia

Email:jimovia000xx@gmail.com

Goodluck and kind regards,

Making the world a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon

Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).

http://www.un.org/sg/

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