419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS"<unitedna@yahoo.com> UN COMPENSATION OF SCAMMED VICTIMS!

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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:
- "(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: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitedn@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 07:59:13 +0200
Subject: UN COMPENSATION OF SCAMMED VICTIMS!

UNITED NATIONS FOREIGN PAYMENT POLICY DEPARTMENT
United Nations Head-Quarters Washington D.C U.S.A
First Avenue at 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel/Fax:1 206-337-5630

Attn:Sir/Madam,

UN COMPENSATION OF SCAMMED VICTIMS!

Your contact email was sent to us by Banks in Africa and the International Monetary Fund assessment report, and we hereby informed you that (WE) the United Nations have taken full responsibility of enforcement and supervision of the remittance of your fund.

Consequently, upon our organization supervisory position, we are glad to inform you that you will receive your payment without any other stress as we are going to pay you from our reserved account with the Citi Bank NA.

Due to irregularities, discrepancies and duplication of account data we urge you to reconfirm without delay the following via Email or Fax.

Full Name:
Tel,Cell/Fax Numbers:
Occupation:
Authentic banking information:
A copy of your international passport or any clear Identification of yourself as trustee to the said account.
Contract/Inheritance sum:

For us to cross check and be sure that you are the beneficiary of this fund before we proceed.. Note that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI), Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and all officials from all the banks around have been ordered to stop forthwith any further communications regarding this transaction. You are advised to heed this order, in your own interest, pending the completion of our assignment and your fund remitted in the shortest period of time.

Please treat with great dispatch with 5 days and in confidence.

May God Almighty be with you.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Edward William Allen
1 347-627-0258

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