419 scam: "Mr. Ban Ki-Moon United Nations"<jnwilliams49@aol.com> UNITED NATIONS

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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:
- "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)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
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.
- dvanthony7@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ban Ki-Moon United Nations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidanthony@secretarias.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:04:57 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATIONS

ATTN: Sir/Madam,

How are you today?

Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came
to you. In regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations and the
Present United States Government to restore the dignity and economy of the
Nations. Base on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance to help and Make
the world a better place for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty.

We have been having a meeting for the passed seven months which ended two days
ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to 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$ 100,000.00 (One hundred Thousand
Dollars This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received
their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or
international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of
Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are
Contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. David Anthony of HSBC OF GHANA PLC, as he is
our representative in ACCRA-GHANA, contact him immediately for your Cheque/
International Bank Draft of US$ 100,000.00(One hundred Thousand Dollars). This
fund is in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you and
you can clear it in any bank of your choice. This meeting was first held on the
8th of April 2003. You can view this page for your perusal:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm
Therefore, you should send him your

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) OCCUPATION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
6) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:

mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you. Contact Mr. David Anthony
immediately for your Cheque.

Person to Contact: Mr David Anthony
Email:dvanthony7@aol.com

Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary
(UNITED NATIONS).

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