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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • +447024043715 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" <unoffice5@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: cbmbc@yahoo.com.tr
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 07:36:54 -0700
Subject: Payment Notification from United Nations 2008


Chairman Committee On Foreign
Contract And Inheritance fund Payment Notification
From United Nations And USA Government
SIR. BAN KI-MOON

Attn: Beneficiary

U.S.A Government, World Bank And United Nations Organization Official Has
Approved To Pay You Part Payment Of Your Inheritance Fund And Lottrey/Award
Winning Payment Valued Of USD8.5m.The British Prime Minister in conjunction
with U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION do hereby
give this irrevocable approval order with This Release Code: GNC/3480/02/08
In Your Favor For Your Contract Entitlement And Your Inheritance Fund Which
You Have Not Received Yet, Now It Was Approved By The World Bank, That Your
Contract/Inheritance Fund should be released through UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATION. So You Are Advised To Present Any Of Your Choice, On How You
Want To Receive Your Fund, Either By BANK DRAFT OR BY ATM CARD OR WIRE
TRANSFER, So In Regards To The Transfer You Can Provide Any Of Your BANK
ACCOUNT DETAILS For The Transfer Of Your Fund With Out Delay. I Am
Contacting You In Regards To The Instruction Given By United Nations, Please
I Will Urge You To Try And Indicate On How You Want Your Fund To Be Released
To You From The Three Options Above.

Now your new Payment, United nations Approval No; UN5685P, White House
Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password
No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No:
103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Citibank Telex confirmation No:
-1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment
number, therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment
with the United Nation immediately within the next 72hrs.

As a matter of fact, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with MR.
ROBERT BISCHOFF, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE CITIBANK, UNITED KINGDOM,
with the help of monitory team from the CITIBANK OF NEW YORK which is our
official remitting bank, Committee On Foreign Payment Matters in United
Nations, has look up to make sure you receive your Fund. So contact: MR
ROBERT BISCHOFF on his contact information, Direct Citibank Telephone No
+44-704077668, or cell/mobile +44-7024058716 , Telephone Number:
+44-7024043715, Email: citbkplc@live.com For immediate release of your
contract/inheritance/Award Winning claim be informed that you are not
allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, you are required to
send bellow information for your transfer.

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PERSONAL CELL PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) BANK NAME:
6) BANK ADDRESS:
7) ACCOUNT NUMBER:
8) ROUTING NUMBER OR SWIFT CODE NO:
9) OCCUPATION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
10) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:

Note: Your Personal Contact/Communication Code With Citibank Is (011), You
Are Adviced To Send Your Full Banking Information To The Citibank London,
International Remittance Director Headed By Mr. Robert Bischoff And Make
Sure You Speak With Him, With Your New Payment Code For The Release Of Your
Payment And Send To Him All Your Banking Information Now.

Contact Person: Mr. Robert Bischoff
Position: Head Of International Remittance Citibank Of London.
Telephone Office/Bank: +44-704077668,
Cell/Mobile, +44-7024043715 Or Cell/Mobile +44-7024058716.
Email: citbkplc@live.com

Chairman Committee On Foreign Contract And Inheritance fund Payment
Notification from United Nations And USA Government.
SIR. BAN KI-MOON

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