419 scam: "MR.BAN KI MOON"<test@21dianyuan.com> From Mr. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary General (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:
- "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. )
- "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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.BAN KI MOON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrmoon11@skymail.mn>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 02:27:15 -0400
Subject: From Mr. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS).

From: Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General United Nations.

This is to inform you that after series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia,

Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the

Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for the rate of scam activities going on in

these two nations.

Right now, We are working in collaborations 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 $10.3M 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 Notarization fee to the UN.

Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian and British

Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr.

David Brown from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.

Right now all you have to do now is to contact Ms.Carman L.Lapointe she is right now in Nigeria working

together with (FBI) right there in Nigeria please contact her and follow her instruction to enable you

receive your funds without any further delay again.

Bear in mind that you will contact Ms.Carman and stop any further communication with any other person

that claiming to be in charge of your funds

Below is her contact informations
Name:Ms.Carman L.Lapointe
United Nations Under-Secretary-
General for Internal Oversight.

Email: mscarman99@skymail.mn

Remember that Ms.Carman has a very limited time to stay in Nigeria so I would like you to urgently

respond to this message so that she can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account

within the next 72 hours

Making the world a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS).
United Nations Headquarters,
760 United Nations Plaza, New York,
NY 10017, USA

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