419 scam: MR BANKI-MOON <united_nation7024@yahoo.com.hk> WILL AND TESTAMENT

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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 pounds" (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: MR BANKI-MOON <united_nation7024@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: united_nation_uk1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:48:37 +0700
Subject: WILL AND TESTAMENT

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
(BANK OF ENGLAND ASSISTED PROGRAMMED)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND
TRANSFERS.870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-LONDON 10017.

ATTN :BENEFICIARY

I saw your email ( and I found out that you have not received your
payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the
obligations giving to you in respect to your contract /inheritance
payment. Secondly.Your email appeared among the beneficiaries,who will
receive their -payment of your contractual sum and has been approved
already for months. You are requested to get back to me for more
directions and instructions on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from one Mrs ROSE WILLIAM who told us
that she is your next of kin. she has also submitted to us her
international passport, and that you instructed her to come for the
claim of your funds in the tune of 10.5 Million Pounds.we want to hear
from you before we can deliver the funds to her.we want to confirm if
you instructed her to make a change of ownership,thereby providing us
with her personal information.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf of SECRETARY UNITED
NATIONS,for failure to pay your funds in time, which according to
records in the system had been long overdue.Please reconfirm to me
immediately if you have authorized for the transferring of your fund
to Mrs ROSE WILLIAM,

Did you authorize Mrs ROSE WILLIAM to come for your claim?

MR. BAN KI-MOON,
SECRETARY UNITED NATIONS,

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