419 scam: =?utf-8?B?VW5pdGVkIE5hdGlvbnMgQ29tcGVuc2F0aW9uIENvbW1pdHRlZeKAjw==?= <hr@itsv.com.cn> Your Compensation

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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:
- "western union" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?B?VW5pdGVkIE5hdGlvbnMgQ29tcGVuc2F0aW9uIENvbW1pdHRlZeKAjw==?= <hr@itsv.com.cn> (may be fake)
Reply-To: u_compensationcommittee@ymail.com
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 14:28:15 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: Your Compensation

Attention:

United Nations Compensation Committee

Scammed Victim/ $1 million Usd Compensation-Ref/Payments Code: (06hp654)
we are Delegated from the United Nations to Bank of America to Nigerian
and Benin Republic/World 419 scam victims $1 million each, you are listed
and Approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims.

On these faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last
United Nations meetings held at New York NY with Barrack Obama United
States of American President, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the
world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the
scams artists operating In syndicates all over the world today, in other
to retain the good image Of the country, the president of the Country is
now paying 100 victims of.

This operators $1 million Usd each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient
banking Systems in Nigeria and Benin Repoblic, you are to be paid by
Pacific Finance Company Plc under funding assistance by the Skye Bank of
Nigeria According to the Number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries
has been paid, half of the Victims are from the United States and Asia; we
still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $1 million each
only.

For more vital information, please visit,

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested
In Benin Republic as one of their victims of the operations, you are
hereby warned not to communicate or respond to any person or office
regarding to your fund for any reason or whatsoever, the US/FBI/UN secret
service is already on trace of the Criminal Act. For more vital
information,

You will receive your compensations payments via a bank draft/ATM
Card/WIRE TRANSFERS and Western Union Money transfer only.Note;is your
obligation to secure an International Remittance form which will cost you
$98 only,as stated in United Nation act of (FRT209) that will help build
and renew your transfer file for record keeping as a way of checkmating
the present Economics crisis situations to enable the Bank transfer your
fund we shall feed you with further information, once we Hear from you and
reconfirmation of your receivers details.

Yours faithfully,

Rev. Sister Angela Okafor.

De-facto Chief Compensation Officer
United Nations Compensation Committee
United Nations Anti-fraud Committee
United Nations Secretary-General.
Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
http://www.un.org/sg/

Chairman, European Union
Committee on Financial and Allied Matters

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