419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS"<unitednations@un.com> RECENT CONFIRMATION OF YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT VIA ATM MASTER CARD.

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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:
- "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)
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.
- +23419543021 (Nigeria, landline)
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.
- dr.chuks.brown.inter.bank.33@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.chuks.brown.inter.bank.33@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:56:35 -0700
Subject: RECENT CONFIRMATION OF YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT VIA ATM MASTER CARD.

Attention Beneficiary,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family, You may not understand why this mail came to you.

We have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is for all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$ 500,000.00.

This includes every foreign contractors/beneficiaries that may have not received their contract/inheritance payment,and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed.

You are advised to contact Dr. Chuks Brown of INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your USD$500,000. These funds have been programmed in an ATM MASTER CARD, for security reason. So you are going to receive your ATM MASTER CARD, from Dr. Cane Chioma,and you can use it to withdrawl your USD$500,000, in any ATM MACHINE in any part of the world.

Therefore, you are adviced to contact Dr. Chuks Brown immediately, with the following information's,such as

(1) Your full Name

(2) Telephone number

(3) Address

Contact Dr. Chuks Brown immediately for your ATM MASTER CARD:

Intercontinental Bank Plc

Contact person: Dr. Chuks Brown

Tel: 234 1 954 3021

E-mail: dr.chuks.brown.inter.bank.33@gmail.com

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your Atm master card. Making the world a better place.

Regards,

Miss Jennifer Cole.

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