419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS"<marcos@go.com> RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUUNT

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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.
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: <jamesscottt891@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:02:41 -0700
Subject: RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUUNT

This is in regard to outstanding payment, I am Mr. James Scott,the Newly appointed Director United Nation Legal Affairs, Security and Investigation, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chief YAR`ADUA) and his Decision Making Body, the Executive Arms of the Government, has directed me to come down to Nigeria to Investigate your Fund and to make sure that we approve all outstanding debts owned to Foreign beneficiaries by the government of Nigeria in this 1st quarter of this Fiscal year 2010.
In view of this, during our investigation I found out that an account was submitted to divert your fund to a Germany account. Below is the account submitted and I want you to confirm if you are aware of the new development because we are about effecting payment to the account stated
bellow today.

Beneficiary: CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA
Bank: FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C No.: 367840545
Code: 50050201

Respond.
Yours faithfully
Mr.James Scott
Un Office of Legal Affairs Security and Investigation.

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