419 scam: "UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION"<drjamesdickson58@yahoo.com> FROM UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION:

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- drjamesdickson58@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:57:39 -0800
Subject: FROM UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION:

UNITED NATIONS ORGNIZATION
United Nations Office
London Suit N7, NS1T2WK.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PAYMENT 2012-2013.

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 02096.

PAY THE AMOUNT OF: ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS (£1.000,000.00 pounds)

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated by the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE,

UNITED NATIONS UK in conjuction with THE FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY UNITED KINGDOM to pay 9,000

scam victims the sum of One million Great British Pounds Sterling (£1.000,000.00GBP) each; you are

listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the first UN meeting of the year

2013, held at the UN Headquarters, New York,with the United Nations Secretary-General; Mr. Ban

Ki-moon on the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011-2013 On the Global Financial and Economic

Crisis, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meeting on the lost of funds by

various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicate all over the world today and that its

affecting the world economic growth and development such as international trade, international

financial system and debts, in other to stop this, the United Nations is now paying the 9,000

victims of this operation One million Great British Pounds Sterling (£1.000,000.00GBP) in section

of financing for development, sustainable development, human settlements, poverty eradication,

globalization and interdependence in the world, the payments are to be paid by UNITED NATIONS

authorize bank under funding assignment.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 78 beneficiaries have been paid, we still have more

left to receive theirs. Your E-mail ID was mentioned by our security intelligent monitoring database

as one of the victims of the operations as was noted down from the microsoft, you are hereby warned

not to communicate or duplicate this message to anyone or who so ever, for any reason what so ever,

the secret service is already on trace of the criminals. You will receive your compensations

payments through our paying Bank, your fund One million Great British Pounds Sterling

(£1.000,000.00GBP) will be wired directly to your designated bank account. Below here in are what is

need from you for the quick and immediate of the processing of your fund transfer .

NEEDED PARTICULARS/INFORMATION:

FULL NAME...........................................
DATE OF BIRTH.......................................
POSTAL/ADDRESS....................................
COUNTRY...........................................
SEX......................................................
OCCUPATION..........................................
MOBILE TELEPHONE.................................
SCAN COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH...................

You are to send above needed particulars/information to Dr. James K. Dickson through this email

address: drjamesdickson58@yahoo.com

APPROVED BY,
Mr.Ban Ki-moon.
Secretary-General.
His vision of a stronger UN for a better world.
Dr. James K. Dickson
Publicity Secretary
U.N Monitoring Team UK.

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