419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS"<christine@3g.cn> USD$500,000.00 UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION TO SCAMED VICTIMS ALL OVER THE WORLD

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "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 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.
- +2348052773584 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jim.zenith@blumail.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 07:38:28 +0100
Subject: USD$500,000.00 UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION TO SCAMED VICTIMS ALL OVER THE WORLD

ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.Send acopy of your response to official email: jim.zenith@blumail.org

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 and also based 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 i send you this mail.

We have been having series of meetings for the passed 7 months which ended
2 days ago with the 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
$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only).
This includes every foriegn 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. Jim Ovia of ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC, as
she is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your
Cheque/ International Bank Draft of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only)
Thousand United States Dollars) This funds are in a Bank Draft for
security purpose ok? so she 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

Thimefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number and
your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to.

Person to Contact Mr. Jim Ovia
Email: jim.zenith@blumail.org
Phone Number: 234-8052773584

Goodluck and kind regards,

Making the world a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/

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