419 scam: "United Nations Organization"<info@uno.com> Your Inheritanc Payment Notification.

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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +447092887061 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- ecotelexdept@superposta.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations Organization" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecotelexdept@superposta.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:09:08 +0200
Subject: Your Inheritanc Payment Notification.

United Nations Debt Reconciliation Department.

Geneva-Switzerland.

Chairman Committee On Foreign

Contract And Inheritance fund Payment Notification

>From United Nations And USA Government

Sir. James Wilfeson

Attn: Beneficiary

U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL HAS APPROVED TO PAY YOU PART PAYMENT OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VALUED OF $5.5M.

Therefore contact Mr. Edward Ralph, head of telex department of Eco Bank with the help of monitory team from the Federal Reserve Bank New York which is our official remitting bank, committee on foreign payment matters in United Nations, to make sure you receive your fund. So contact: Mr. Edward Ralph on this contact information for more details on how to receive your fund, Tele/fax: + 447092887061 E-mail: ecotelexdept@superposta.com

Note: your personal contact/communication code with Mr. Edward Ralph is (Eco0012), you are advice to send your full banking information to telex department of Eco Bank and make sure you speak with him, with your new payment code for the release of your payment and send your banking information to him.

REGARD

SIR. JAMES WILFESON

(Chairman Committee On Foreign Contract And Inheritance fund

Payment Notification from United Nations And USA Government.)

APPROVED

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE:
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