419 scam: "UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION BOARD"<unboard.gov@blumail.org> Re:Payment directions

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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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "santander.bk@blumail.org" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION BOARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <santander_bk@blumail.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 05:18:43 -0400
Subject: Re:Payment directions

Attn: Beneficiary.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to all Central Banks in Africa, Europe and Asia to pay all scam
victims the sum of $7,500,000.00 USD (SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) each.You are enlisted and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims.

The United Nations Compensation Commission Payment was created as a subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council.Its mandate is to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damage suffered as a direct result of Internet Fraud. You should get back to Dr. Steve Pateman,as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your $7,500,000.00 USD compensation funds.On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U.N. meeting held at the United Nation Head Quarter in New York in the United States of America,it was alarming on the rate people have lost their hard earned money in the hands of fraudsters that are operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate victims,the U.N Body in conjunction with the Economic Community Of West African States(ECOWAS) is
now paying all the scam victims the sum of $7,500,000.00 USD (SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Africa,all the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations Official,Hon Murray McCully.According to the numbers at hand,108 Beneficiaries has been paid,half of the victims are from the United States.We still have many more left to be paid which you are one of them. You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anybody for any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals.

You are hereby advised to contact the payment officer in charge through the following information's. Name: Dr.Steve Pateman of Santander Bank PLC. United Kingdom E-mail : (santander.bk@blumail.org) You will receive your compensation payment through a Forex (bank to bank) wire transfer or through Automated Teller Machine (ATM PAYMENT SYSTEM)only as you
would prefer and state in your mail.

Further modalities will be related to you by Dr. Steve Pateman as soon as you contact him.

Yours Faithfully,
Hon Murray McCully.
UN Representative.

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