419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS & WORLD BANK GROUP"<unitednatoffice@centrum.cz> United Nations Funds Recovery

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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:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "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)
- "we advice you" (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 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.
- jamesswagart09@inmail.sk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS & WORLD BANK GROUP" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev.swagartjames09@inmail.sk>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:45:21 +0100
Subject: United Nations Funds Recovery

Attn: Beneficiary,

This body is aware of the rate in which contractors, Lottery Winners, Next of Kins claimant are been deprived of their right to claim their funds from various bank and some financial institutions globally.Be well informed this body has set up this committee to foresee and enforce all such payments to all observed and confirmed claimant hence we contact you as approved.You are hereby advised to immediately after receiving this message, reconfirm to us, your Full Name,contact Address and Telephone numbers for easy contact as to enable us conclude and direct and enforce your payment to be released to you. Also state the amount you are to claim the reasons of the delays for the claims as to enhance our enforcement as we have observed your funds in the Total of usd$6.5 (six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars).

Send the information required to our remittance officer with the following address:

Contact Name: Rev James Swagart.

Contact Email: jamesswagart09@inmail.sk.

Once he gets the information complete, we will make sure the payment will be enforced to be released to you to avoid more delays hence this committee is working 24hrs to achieve this notable objectives for we have observed that almost all the financial institutions globally is giving claimants stressful conditions before their funds is been released to them.You are hereby advised to immediately reply with the said info for the releases of your ! payment as advised as we will make sure your payment is made to you ba sed on your detail information.We advice you to stop henceforth communicating with the offices involve and give us the information as advised to enhance for the releases of your total payment. Into your nominated bank account now we have taking over the payment.

KEEP THIS PROCESS WITHIN YOURSELF AND COMPLY AS ADVICED AND SEND TO US YOUR CONTACT INFO INCLUDING THE DETAIL INFO AS WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THEM BY SURPRISE FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST.

MIKE WATTS,
HEAD OF OPERATIONS DEBT RECOVERY.
UNITED NATIONS & WORLD BANK GROUP

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