419 scam: "SANDREAS"<paullucas----444@att.net> Attention

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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:
- "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "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. )
- "(efcc)" (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. )
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "SANDREAS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sandreaswalter@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:42:08 -0000
Subject: Attention

Attention Beneficiary

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $5Million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654
We are delegated from the United Nations to contact you concerning of your past transaction with some Nigerians for being scammed. This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from Switerland, after series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, and the United States of America. Respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for high rate of scam activities going on in these two nations. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria as one of their victims, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anyone for any reason for whatsoever.

I have met with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who claimed that he has been trying his best to make sure you receive your fund in your account. On these recommendation, I want you to know that during the last United Nations meetings held at Washington, DC with Barack Obama New Elected United States Of American President, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meeting on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the United Nations Compensation Commission(UNCC) is now paying 100 victims of this operators $5million each this section. For more vital information, please visit http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm
Right now, as directed by our secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of $10M approved by both the British government and the UN into your account without any delay. The only fee you will pay to confirm your fund in your account is your Notarizations fee to the UN. Sincerely, I just discovered that some top Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working along with Mr. Richard Graves based in Japan to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.

I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. For oral discussion, call me on this number which I just acquired in Nigeria today :
You are advice to send me re-confirm the below information so I shall feed you with further information, Once I hear from you.

Your Full Names:
Home Address:
Cell Phone Numbers:
Occupations/ Position held:
Company's Name:

Yours faithfully,
Schmid Andreas Walter.
De-facto Chief Compensation Officer
United Nations Compensation Committee
United Nations Anti-fraud Committee.

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