419 scam: "United Nations Headquarters"<mtest@iantech.com.tw> UN Compensation Payment Approved

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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:
- "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 Nations Headquarters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jack_thomas@cheapnet.it>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 05:25:31 -0500
Subject: UN Compensation Payment Approved

United Nations Compensation Commission, UNCC.

Dear-Beneficiary,
We have previously sent you emails in respect of your outstanding compensation payment which has since been assigned to you.
We were going through your payment portfolio and came to a logical conclusion that you are yet to receive your compensation
payment. We must get you informed that your email was listed among those that are yet to receive their compensation payment.
The United Nations in Affiliation with World Bank have agreed to compensate each with the sum of USD1,500, 000.00 (One Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only.
For this reason, you are to receive your payment through a certified ATM CARD PAYMENT.Note, with this ATM Card you can
withdraw money and also make payment anywhere in the World without any problem and please for no reason should you disclose
your account information as your account information is not and can never be needed before you receive your card payment.
All that is required of your now is to contact the Bank Official by the Name of Mr.Jack Thomas:

Bank Name: ICB Bank
Contact Name: Mr. Jack Thomas

Email: jack_thomas@cheapnet.it

Please ensure that you follow the directives and instructions of Mr.Jack Thomas so that within 24-72 hours you would have received
your-card-payment and your secret-pin-code issued directly to you for security reasons. We apologize on behalf of the United Nations
Compensation Unit for any delay you might have encountered in receiving your funnd in the past. Congratulations,
Yours Faithfully,

Mark Lowcock
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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