419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT"<hr@itsv.com.cn> This is to bring to your notice,

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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: "UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eu.monitoringunit0@vf.vc>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:22:54 +0100
Subject: This is to bring to your notice,

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK
From:Special Envoy to Secretary-General PAUL DONG.
ASIAN REGIONAL OFFICE.

Attention Dear,

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS instructing Central Banks to pay 50 victims from your country who has being Victims of Internet scam.The United Nations has decided to pay you $1,800,000 USD (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount. Get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your $1,800,000 USD compensation funds. We have been having a meeting for the past Seven months which ended Three days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED NATIONS in the person of Mr. Ban Ki-Moon.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed or extorted money from because of your contract payment execution in any part of the world. The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$1.8 MILLION This includes every foreign 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 or irregularities etc.

We found your email in our list and that is why we are contacting you,this has been agreed upon and has been signed by the United Nations Board of Directors and Trustees. You have to contact United Nations Compensation Committee Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon,our payment agent in west africa, as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in West Africa,contact him immediately for your US$1.8 MILLION which You will receive via a bank draft/ATM Card/WIRE TRANSFERS and Western Union Money transfer only.

You are advised to send your communication particulars to United Nations Compensation Committee Secretary-General Mr.Ban Ki-moon through our official email:
eu.monitoringunit0@vf.vc

Full names
Age
Telephone
Fax numbers
Mailing Address
Occupation
Marital Status
Your Company Name And Address

Give him your File Reference (RE-1077-V) Note,is your obligation to secure an International Remittance form which will cost you $198 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

Best Regards,
Yours Faithfully,
Compensation Committee Unit
http://www.un.org/sg/

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