419 scam: Laurence Carter <laucarter1@mail.mn> Re: Receive Your Compensation Fund Payment.

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
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.
- laurcarter@accountant.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Laurence Carter <laucarter1@mail.mn>
Reply-To: laucarter@mail.mn
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:36:16 +0200
Subject: Re: Receive Your Compensation Fund Payment.

Public information Center World Bank
From The Desk of Mr. Laurence Carter
Director, Small and Medium Enterprises,
The World Bank,
World Bank Headquarters
#1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA
E-mail: laurcarter@accountant.com

Attention: Dear Beneficiary,

How are you doing? Hope all is well with you and your family. You may
not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a series
of meeting for the past seven months which ended three days ago with
the World Bank Board of Directors and UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General
in the person of Dr. Ban Ki-Moon.

This email letter is to all the people that have been scammed or
extorted money from because of their contract/inheritance payment
execution in any part of the world, THE WORLD BANK and UNITED NATIONS
have agreed to compensate the affected persons with the sum of One
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD1.5M). This
includes all foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract sum, and beneficiaries of inheritance funds or lottery
winners around the world who have not received their fund payments
from any bank or financial institutions around the world, including
people who have had an unfinished transactions and international
businesses which failed due to Government policy problems or
irregularities etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you.
This has been agreed upon and has been signed by the WORLD BANK and
UNITED NATIONS Board of Directors and Trustees.

Therefore, be informed that the sum of USD1.5M has been approved in
your favor and an International Financial Attorney has been appointed
to use his wealth of experience on international Financial matters to
secure the immediate release of your fund payment within 72 hours and
you should contact the Financial Attorney now with the information
below and give Him your payment approval file reference number
(WB-UN-1043) with your full information:

Robert Johnson
Dubai-UAE
Email: robert.johnson@one.co.il

The Choice is now yours to make, as Mr. Robert Johnson; the
International Financial Attorney is now waiting for your Urgent
response so that he can commence action on the release of your fund
without any-further delay.

Making the world a better place for the sake of humanity

Sincerely

Mr. Laurence Carter
Director, Small and Medium Enterprises
THE WORLD BANK

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