419 scam: "United Nation/IMF Remmitance"<rev_drkwamekofi2@live.com> Urgent Response Awaited Regarding Your Funds

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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:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nation/IMF Remmitance" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev_drkwamekofi2@att.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:09:37 -0700
Subject: Urgent Response Awaited Regarding Your Funds

United Nations Remittance Office. UNDP/UNHCR Building, Ministry of Finance Crescent P.O.Box M41, Accra-Ghana Tel/fax:(+233)248819091. Dear Approved Beneficiary; The United Nations Compensation Commission(UNCC)has made available a total of $863,725,490.00 to 27 governments and two international organizations for distribution to 370 successful claimants. This payment is made under the 2011 first phase of the payment mechanism established by the UNCC Governing Council.Your name came up under the list of people who have long-outstanding claims from inheritance of funds,lottery winnings prizes, and contractors to some foreign goverments. See the UNITED NATIONS news link ..http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm Your Payment File was given to this office in respect of your total long over-due amount for which we have approved $5.5million us dollars ( Million, Five Hundred Thousand united states dollars).for you as compensation on your long awaiting fund related transaction You have Failed to claim because of your non-compliance with official process. . However the bank just communicated with this office that a person in the name of Morris Green an American citizen sent a message to the bank claiming that he has your mandate to claim the funds.Do you know this person and did you authorise him to claim the funds on your behalf? It is very important that you contact us immediately as ALTAJIR PRIVATE BANK will have no option than to release the funds to Morris Green if they do not hear from you in the next 72 hours. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in recovering and receiving your payment. Note that because of impostors we hereby issue you our Code of Conduct, which is (WBA-103),so you have to indicate this code when contacting the bank by using it as your subject to enable the bank refer to your file in there payment data base to enhance immediate response to you for your payment. Yours In Service Regards Rev. Kwame Kofi United Nations Remittance

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