419 scam: Raymond Adams <raymondadams1050@yahoo.com.ph> CBN./UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "abuja" (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.
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.
- raymond_adams33@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond Adams <raymondadams1050@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: raymondadams87@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:45:04 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: CBN./UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

Attention Sir,

CBN./UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from

the United Nations & Central Bank to pay 150 scam

victims US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)

each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of

the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to us

as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your

US$1,000,000.00 compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that

during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja-Nigeria. It was

alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lost of

funds by various individuals to the Nigerian scam artists

operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other

to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the

Nigerian Government is now paying 150 victims of these

operations US$1,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N.

recommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in

Nigeria, the Payments are to be supervised by the 'United

Nations' Officials and the Central Bank of Kenya, as the

corresponding paying bank is STANDARD CHARTERED BANK.

Nairobi Branch -Kenya. According to the number of applicants

at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the

victims are from the United States, we still have more 36

left to be paid the compensations of US$1,000,000.00 each

.Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who

was arrested as one of their victims of the operations,

You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this

message to him For any reason what so ever as the U.S.

secret service is already on trace of the other criminals.

So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other

victims who have not been contacted can submit their

application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

If you have already been notified of this payment programme

previously, do proceed with your claim as required.

As directed by the Global Settlement Committee, You can

receive your compensations payments via any of this payment

Options you may Choose: (A.)CERTIFIED CHEQUE, (B.)ATM CARD

PAYMENTS (C.) WIRE TRANSFERS. We shall feed you with further

modalities as soon as we hear from you.Please send your

reply to this email address;raymond_adams33@yahoo.com.hk

Yours faithfully,

MR. RAYMOND ADAMS

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