419 scam: "United Nations"<info@unitednations.org> Scam victims Compensations

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +2347064207465

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wesleyma@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:58:49 +0930
Subject: Scam victims Compensations

UNITED NATIONS 2008/2009
SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION PAYMENT.
ATTENTION SIR/MADAM,

INTERCONTINENTAL BANK/UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION PAYMENT.

This is to bring to your notice that I was delegated from the United Nations To Central Bank of Nigeria to pay 150 scam victims $2,500,000.00 TWO MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the Immediate payment of your $2,500,000.00 compensation funds.

Based on this recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world on meetings the lose of funds by various individuals to the scammers operating as syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 150 victims of this operators $2,500,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria , the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations Officials and the Central Bank of Nigeria while the paying bank is INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC Nigeria . According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States , and we still have more 36 left to be paid the compensation of 2,500,000.00 each.

You are hereby advised to contact me back with your full name, home address, telephone number, fax number, date of birth and present occupation to enable us process your payment within 48 hours. You will receive your compensation payment through, BANK DRAFT/ATM CARDS PAYMENTS SYSTEM.

Reply immediately to enable us processes your payment.

You will be detailed with the modalities as soon as you contact us for details. Please call us for immediate payment of your $2.5 Million through this telephone

number: +234-706-420-7465

Call me immediately on +234-706-420-7465

Yours faithfully,

Grigorev Stanislav

INTER-UNO PAYMENT OFFICER
#21 OLODI APAPA ROAD , LAGOS - NIGERIA
TELEPHONE:+234-706-420-7465

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